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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decimate \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr & vb n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr decimus tenth See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of to tithe. --Johnson. 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of as to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. --Macaulay. 3. To destroy a considerable part of as to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decimate v : kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {extinguish}, {eradicate}, {wipe out}, {carry off}]
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