How to pronounce“decimate”in English
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Definitions of “decimate”
To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
“God sometimes decimates or tithes delinquent persons, and they died for a common crime, according as God hath cast their lot in the decrees of predestination.”
To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something).
“...there will be eight hundred and ten laborers producing as nine hundred, while, to accomplish their purpose, they would have to produce as one thousand... Here, then, we have a society which is continually decimating itself...”
A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
A tenth of something.
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