Decimating means to destroy or reduce the number of something very much. When a plague decimates a population, it kills a lot of people very quickly.
The decimating fire destroyed most of the buildings in the city.
The decimating effect of inflation has destroyed the middle class.
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To kill one-tenth of a group, (specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
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To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
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To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
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To exact a tithe or other 10% tax
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To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
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To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.
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To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
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To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.
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They decimated the people.
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The man decimated the crowd.
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The theory is in decimals of degrees.
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It is part of the architecture of the decimal system.
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The Machines decimated the helpless ships.
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The army was organized on the decimal system.
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The community was decimated during the Holocaust.
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They should not have decimated the multitude.
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A radix point in the decimal system is the usual.
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He should be punished for decimating the citizens.