📖 Definitions of "Decimates"
noun
- 1
A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
- 2
A tenth of something.
- 3
A set of ten items.
verb
- 1
To kill one-tenth of a group, (specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
- 2
To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
- 3
To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
- 4
To exact a tithe or other 10% tax
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Decimates"
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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. |
| devastatesverb | 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. |
| destroysverb | (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist. |
| threatensverb | To make a threat against someone; to use threats. |
| cripplesverb | To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired. |
| depletesverb | (transitive) To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): |
| sapsverb | (South Africa) Initialism of South African Police Service |
| weakensverb | (transitive) To make weaker or less strong. |
| terrorizesverb | To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify. |
| spawnsverb | (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. |
| disruptsverb | (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder. |
| overwhelmsverb | To overpower emotionally. |
| uprootsverb | (transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. |
| smothersverb | (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. |
| annihilatesverb | To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. |
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