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decimate::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decimate

verb

/'dɛsə,meɪt/

kill in large numbers

Type	Words
Synonyms	annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out
Type of	kill
Derivation	decimation

decimate

verb

/'dɛsə,meɪt/

kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

Type	Words
Type of	kill
Verb group	eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, annihilate, wipe out, carry off