Associations to the word «Decimate»
Noun
- Smallpox
- Epidemic
- Plague
- Cholera
- Purge
- Starvation
- Famine
- Blight
- Drought
- Malaria
- Survivor
- Comanche
- Disease
- Herd
- Volley
- Tar
- Outbreak
- Warfare
- Rank
- Whaling
- Malnutrition
- Fever
- Scourge
- Population
- Sickness
- Colonization
- Livestock
- Grenadier
- Remnant
- Casualty
- European
- Tribe
- Extinction
- Deportation
- Massacre
- Colonist
- Pest
- Settler
- Colonial
- Genocide
- Carp
- Apocalypse
- Predator
- Legion
- Crumbling
- Roster
- Cavalry
- Stronghold
- Gunfire
- Holocaust
- Troop
- Injury
- Crop
- Insurgent
- Retreat
- Artillery
- Battalion
- Hurricane
- Barricade
- Attacker
- Regiment
- Invasion
- Aids
- Filter
- Exploitation
- Army
- Partisan
- Fighting
- Infantry
- Nazis
- Wichita
- Turk
- Whales
- Fir
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DECIMATE, verb. (Roman history) To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
DECIMATE, verb. To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
DECIMATE, verb. (historical) To exact a tithe or tax of 10 percent.
DECIMATE, verb. To reduce to one-tenth.
DECIMATE, verb. To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
DECIMATE, verb. (computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.
Dictionary definition
DECIMATE, verb. Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies.
DECIMATE, verb. Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.