Canadian English Meaning of decimate
Decimate
Other Canadian English words related to Decimate
- ruin
- shatter
- smash
- wreck
- cream
- cripple
- crush
- damage
- defeat
- desolate
- Dismantle
- erode
- extinguish
- injure
- scar
- overcome
- pull down
- pulverize
- devastation
- raze
- rub out
- tear down
- total
- vaporize
- Waste
- beat
- best
- blast
- blot out
- Blow-up
- Break
- butcher
- beat up
- conquer
- cut down
- Deface
- despoil
- deteriorate
- disassemble
- disfigure
- disintegrate
- dispatch
- dissolve
- Dynamite
- erase
- eradicate
- execute
- expunge
- fell
- Gut
- harm
- havoc
- impair
- Liquidate
- loot
- mangle
- master
- murder
- Nuke
- obliterate
- overbearing
- overmatch
- pillage
- plunder
- remove
- rout
- Sack
- Scotch
- scour
- Slaughter
- spoil
- subdue
- surmount
- take down
- thrash
- trample
- Trim
- Thrash
- undo
- Unmake
- vitiate
- Punch
- Wash out
- whip
- wipe out
- wreckage
- zap
- prevail (over)
- (eradicate)
- stamp (out)
- Sweep (away)
- triumph (over)
- wear (away)
- win (against)
- build
- construct
- Create
- erect
- fix
- patch
- Produce
- raise
- Repair
- to set up
- assemble
- Bring about
- conserve
- Constitute
- establish
- fabricate
- forge
- form
- found
- frame
- Institute
- invent
- make
- Manufacture
- mend
- mold
- organise
- preserve
- protect
- put up
- rear
- recondition
- restore
- revamp
- save
- shape
- doctor
- fashion
- dad
- rebuild
- reconstruct
- renovate
Nearest Words of decimate
- decimally => decimally
- decimalize => decimalize
- decimalization => decimalization
- decimalism => Decimalism
- decimalise => decimalise
- decimalisation => decimalisation
- decimal system of classification => decimal classification system
- decimal system => decimal system
- decimal numeration system => Decimal numeration system
- decimal number system => Decimal number system
Definitions and Meaning of decimate in English
decimate (v)
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
kill in large numbers
decimate (v. t.)
To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
FAQs About the word decimate
Decimate
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies, kill in large numbersTo take the tenth part of; to tithe., To select by lot and punish with death every
ruin,shatter,smash,wreck,cream,cripple,crush,damage,defeat,desolate
build,construct,Create,erect,fix,patch,Produce,raise,Repair,to set up
decimally => decimally, decimalize => decimalize, decimalization => decimalization, decimalism => Decimalism, decimalise => decimalise,
