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Meaning of decimate

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 6/23/2021

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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Kendall Kris

Lvl 10
4y ago

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