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Detailed Synonyms for decimate in English

decimate:

to decimate verb (decimates, decimated, decimating)

  1. to decimate
    to decimate; to thin; to thin out; make less numerous
  2. to decimate
    to deplete; to decimate; to thin out; to chop off; to chop away; to hew away; to become thin
    • deplete verb (depletes, deplete, depleting)
    • decimate verb (decimates, decimated, decimating)
    • thin out verb (thins out, thinned out, thinning out)
    • chop off verb (chops off, chopped off, chopping off)
    • chop away verb (chops away, chopped away, chopping away)
    • hew away verb (hews away, hewed away, hewing away)
    • become thin verb (becomes thin, becoming thin)
  3. to decimate
    – kill in large numbers 1
    to eliminate; to extinguish; to wipe out; to decimate; to carry off; to annihilate; to eradicate
    – kill in large numbers 1
    • eliminate verb (eliminates, eliminated, eliminating)
    • extinguish verb (extinguishes, extinguished, extinguishing)
    • wipe out verb (wipes out, wiped out, wiping out)
    • decimate verb (decimates, decimated, decimating)
    • carry off verb (carry off, carried off, carrying off)
    • annihilate verb (annihilates, annihilated, annihilating)
    • eradicate verb (eradicates, eradicated, eradicating)
  4. to decimate
    – kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies 1
    to decimate
    – kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies 1
    • decimate verb (decimates, decimated, decimating)

Conjugations for decimate:

present
  1. decimate
  2. decimate
  3. decimates
  4. decimate
  5. decimate
  6. decimate
simple past
  1. decimated
  2. decimated
  3. decimated
  4. decimated
  5. decimated
  6. decimated
present perfect
  1. have decimated
  2. have decimated
  3. has decimated
  4. have decimated
  5. have decimated
  6. have decimated
past continuous
  1. was decimating
  2. were decimating
  3. was decimating
  4. were decimating
  5. were decimating
  6. were decimating
future
  1. shall decimate
  2. will decimate
  3. will decimate
  4. shall decimate
  5. will decimate
  6. will decimate
continuous present
  1. am decimating
  2. are decimating
  3. is decimating
  4. are decimating
  5. are decimating
  6. are decimating
subjunctive
  1. be decimated
  2. be decimated
  3. be decimated
  4. be decimated
  5. be decimated
  6. be decimated
diverse
  1. decimate!
  2. let's decimate!
  3. decimated
  4. decimating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "decimate":

  1. kill in large numbers1
  2. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies1