Hebrew Meaning of decimate

לעשר

Other Hebrew words related to לעשר

Definitions and Meaning of decimate in English

Wordnet

decimate (v)

kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

kill in large numbers

Webster

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.

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לעשר

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

חורבן,לרסק,לרסק,שבר כלי שיט,קרם,נכה,מעוך,נזק,הַפסָד,שמם

בונה,בנייה,צור,זקוף,לתקן,פלסטר,ייצור,העלאה,תיקון,להקים

decimally => עשרונית, decimalize => לעשר, decimalization => דצימליזציה, decimalism => שיטה עשרונית, decimalise => עשרוני,