English verb: decimate | |||
1. | decimate (change) kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
Verb group | annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out | ||
2. | decimate (change) kill in large numbers | ||
Samples | The plague wiped out an entire population. | ||
Synonyms | annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
Verb group | decimate | ||