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- Decimate - v. t. - To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
- Decimate - v. t. - To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
- Decimate - v. t. - To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
- Decimated - imp. & p. p. - of Decimate
- Decimate - v. t. - To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
- Decimate - v. t. - To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.