dizimar — meaning in English

English meaning

• decimate verb To destroy or reduce a large part of something.

Senses

dizimar 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 (proscribed) To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of (something).

decimate — full definition

1. verb To destroy or reduce a large part of something.
2. verb Historically, to kill one in every ten of a group, especially as a punishment carried out in the Roman army.

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