Definitions of decimate [ˈdɛs əˌmeɪt]

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Definition of 'decimate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) decimate
to destroy a great proportion of:
Cholera decimated the population.

2. decimate
(esp. in ancient Rome) to select by lot and kill every tenth person of.

3. decimate
to take a tenth of or from.

Etymology: (1590–1600; < L decimātus, ptp. of decimāre to punish every tenth man chosen by lot, v. der. of decimus tenth)

Definition of 'decimate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) decimate
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

2. (verb) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
kill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"

Definition of 'decimate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) decimate
to take the tenth part of; to tithe

2. (verb) decimate
to select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny

3. (verb) decimate
to destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease

Translation of 'decimate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of disease, battle etc) to reduce greatly in number The population was decimated by the plague.
Afrikaans: uitdun, afmaai, wegmaai	Arabic: يُهْلِكُ عَددا كَبيرا من	Bulgarian: покосявам
Brazilian: dizimar	Czech: decimovat, pustošit	German: dezimieren
Danish: decimere; tynde ud	Greek: αποδεκατίζω	Spanish: diezmar
Estonian: suuresti vähendama	Farsi: تلفات سنگین وارد کردن؛ لت	Finnish: hävittää
French: décimer	Hebrew: לְהָשמִיד חֶלֶק נִיכָּר	Hindi: बड़ी संख्या में मारना
Croatian: decimalna frakcija	Hungarian: (meg)tizedel	Indonesian: mengurangi
Icelandic: fækka stórlega	Italian: decimare	Japanese: 多数を殺す
Korean: 많은 사람을 죽이다	Lithuanian: smarkiai/dešimt kartų sum	Latvian: masveidā iznīcināt
Malay: musnah satu persepuluh	Dutch: decimeren	Norwegian: tynne(s) ut, redusere ste
Polish: zdziesiątkować	Persian: تلفات سنگین وارد کردن؛ لت	Pashto: لسمه برخه اخيستل يا ايستل
Portuguese: dizimar	Romanian: a decima	Russian: истреблять
Slovak: decimovať	Slovenian: zdesetkati	Serbian: desetkovati
Swedish: decimera	Thai: ลดจำนวนลง	Turkish: kırıp geçirmek, büyük bir
Taiwanese: 大量毀滅(因疾病或戰爭)	Ukrainian: косити; пустошити	Urdu: بھاری تخفیف کرنا
Vietnamese: sát hại nhiều	Chinese: 大批杀死（或毁坏）
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