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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 | ||
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