decimate, v.
(decimated, decimates, decimating)
(decimated, decimates, decimating)
kill in large numbers
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
annihilate carry off decimate eliminate eradicate extinguish wipe out
sample sentences
"the plague wiped out an entire population"verb frames
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They want to %s the prisoners
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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decimate
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