DECIMATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • kill in large numbers
   Synonym(s)
   • annihilate (what does annihilate mean?)
   • carry off (what does carry off mean?)
   • eliminate (what does eliminate mean?)
   • eradicate (what does eradicate mean?)
   • extinguish (what does extinguish mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the plague wiped out an entire population
   Hypernyms(s) decimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decimation (what does decimation mean?)
   • destruction (what does destruction mean?)
   • demolition (what does demolition mean?)
   • wipeout (what does wipeout mean?)
   • extinction (what does extinction mean?)
   • extermination (what does extermination mean?)
   • annihilation (what does annihilation mean?)
   • disintegration (what does disintegration mean?)
   • annihilation (what does annihilation mean?)
   • obliteration (what does obliteration mean?)
   • annihilator (what does annihilator mean?)
2. Meaning
   • kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
   Hypernyms(s) decimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • kill (what does kill mean?)