One entry found for decimate.

Main Entry: dec·i·mate
Pronunciation: des--mt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -mat·ed; -mat·ing
1 : to pick by lot and kill every tenth man of <the Roman army would decimate a legion for cowardice>
2 : to destroy a large part of <a population decimated by an epidemic>
- dec·i·ma·tion /des--m-shn/ noun