Decimate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), dec·i·mat·ed, dec·i·mat·ing.
  1. to kill or destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
  2. to greatly reduce in number or amount: From 1975-1981, our country was not driving the space exploration agenda, and our aerospace workforce was decimated.
  3. to cause to suffer great loss or harm: The constant eruptions that spewed forth decimated the forest and turned it to ash.
  4. to select by lot and kill every tenth person of.
  5. to take a tenth of or from.
verb (tr)
  1. to destroy or kill a large proportion of
  2. (esp in the ancient Roman army) to kill every tenth man of (a mutinous section)
Decimate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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