Details of word DECIMATE

Definition of decimate

v. t. - To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
v. t. - To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
v. t. - To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

Word "decimate" contains 8 letters : A C D E E I M T

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