Decimate
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English
Verb
Decimate (third-person singular simple present Decimates, present participle decimating, simple past and past participle decimated)
- (Roman history) To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
- To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
- (historical) To exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent
- To reduce to one-tenth.
- (computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.
Adverbs for Decimate
remorselessly; mutually; deliberately; wantonly; ruthlessly; partially; foolishly; irreparably; frequently; simultaneously; eternally; ultimately; unwittingly; rigorously; utterly; effectually; thoughtlessly; universally; eventually; indiscriminately; consequently; lawlessly; practically; deliberately; inevitably; mercilessly; incalculably.
Thesaurus for Decimate
annihilate, bring to ruin, butcher, commit carnage, commit genocide, commit mass murder, condemn, confound, consume, damn, deal destruction, demolish, depopulate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, engorge, exterminate, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, havoc, incinerate, lay in ruins, lay waste, massacre, murder wholesale, ravage, raze, ruin, ruinate, shipwreck, slaughter, slay en masse, swallow up, throw into disorder, unbuild, undo, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, unmake, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck
