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decimate

/ decimate /

verb

verb Sense 1

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

Type of:

kill

Verb group:

eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 2

kill in large numbers

"the plague wiped out an entire population"

Type of:

kill

Derived:

decimation destruction demolition wipeout extinction

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

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