decimate
decimate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay.
- 2.To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alone
- alter
- among
- and
- any
- between
- centesimal
- certain
- cull
- decimal
- decimation
- deficit
- diminish
- division
- duodecimal
- eliminate
- elimination
- eradication
- exiguity
- exiguous
- far
- few
- fewness
- fifth
- five
- handful
- hardly
- here
- hundredth
- infrequency
- infrequent
- inter
- large
- majority
- maniple
- millesimal
- minority
- more
- multitude
- non
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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