War had decimated the tribe, but the survivors kept on fighting.
The mutineers were decimated by order of the captain.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
dec·i·mate — … Useful english dictionary
mate — ac·cli·mate; ap·prox·i·mate·ly; au·to·mate; car·ba·mate; case·mate; cen·tes·i·mate; cin·na·mate; col·li·mate; cope·mate; cre·mate; cyc·la·mate; cy·clos·to·mate; dec·i·mate; de·phleg·mate; de·plu·mate; des·pu·mate; des·qua·mate; epon·y·mate;… … English syllables
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decimate — dec·i·mate … English syllables
decimate — dec•i•mate [[t]ˈdɛs əˌmeɪt[/t]] v. t. mat•ed, mat•ing 1) to destroy a great proportion of: Cholera decimated the population[/ex] 2) (esp. in ancient Rome) to select by lot and kill every tenth person of 3) to take a tenth of or from • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
decimate — dec|i|mate [ desı,meıt ] verb transitive to spoil or destroy something, for example by getting rid of a lot of people: The department has been decimated by years of budget cuts. ╾ dec|i|ma|tion [ ,desı meıʃn ] noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
decimate — dec|i|mate [ˈdesımeıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: decimatus, past participle of decimare to remove one tenth, kill one in ten , from decem ten ] to destroy a large part of something ▪ The population has been decimated by disease.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
