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it is complete destruction or wipe out it can referred to a race of people or even a grade

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How do you write the word decimate in a sentence?

the entire classroom was decimated because of the flood.


How can decimated be used in a sentence?

The storm completely decimated the house.


What is an example sentence using the word decimate?

the team decimated our team by beating us 12-0


What is opposite word of decimated?

Decimated is the past tense of the verb decimate. Decimate is defined as "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of". Antonyms for the word decimate[d] included, but are not limited to, build, erect, put up, raise, rear, and set up.


What was the fraction of men executed to decimate the male population in early rome?

The word decimated held different meaning that that which is used today. 'Deci' means 'tenth', so, initially (as in Roman times) when a Legion was Decimated, one man in ten was executed. Today it can not only mean to "kill" but destroy, or harm, or reduce by any means. Additionally, it is commonly used today to mean much more than "one in ten," it can equally mean to reduce to a tenth of its former size.


Does decimated army have anyone left alive?

No, because decimated means to destroy a great portion of.


Does a decimated army have anyone left alive?

No, because decimated means to destroy a great portion of.


Am I gay?

it should not be decimated


What rhymes with cremate?

There are no perfect rhymes for the word cremated. automated decimated estimated intimated


The Aztec population was decimated by brought by the europeans?

Smallpox


What made Europe decimated in the mid-1300s?

the Bubonic Plague.


How were Indian population of the Caribbean decimated?

European diseases