decimare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- decimate verb To destroy or reduce a large part of something.
Senses
decimare is used for these senses in English:
- decimate (archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
decimate — full definition
- verb To destroy or reduce a large part of something.
- verb Historically, to kill one in every ten of a group, especially as a punishment carried out in the Roman army.