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Decimate

🔄 Synonyms of "Decimate"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
eradicateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
annihilateverb	To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
extinguishverb	(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
wipe outverb	(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
carry offverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Decimate"

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Word	Definition
carry offverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
annihilateverb	To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
eradicateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
extinguishverb	(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
wipe outverb	(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
devastateverb	To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
destroyverb	(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
ruinverb	To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
tertiateverb	To divide into three parts, especially to divide into thirds.
redecimateverb	(transitive) To decimate again.
cut downverb	(idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
trucidateverb	(obsolete, rare) To slaughter, massacre, kill.
mow downverb	(transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers.
shrednoun	A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
halveverb	(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
abatenoun	(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
decrementnoun	(uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
do to deathverb	Of a trope, joke, topic, idea, etc, to use so often that it becomes trite.