DECIMATE
\dˈɛsɪmˌe͡ɪt], \dˈɛsɪmˌeɪt], \d_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_m_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DECIMATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
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To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
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To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
By Oddity Software
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To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
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To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
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To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
By Noah Webster.
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To take the tenth of; put to death, or punish (every tenth man); as, to decimate the ranks of an army; destroy a large part.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman