deciminate (0 synonym found)

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Definition of deciminate:

°To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
"ca. 1650: Jeremy Taylor, (from vol. 1 of an 1835 edition of his works) - God sometimes decimates or tithes delinquent persons, and they died for a common crime, according as God hath cast their lot in the decrees of predestination."
°To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
Definition of deciminate:

°To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
"ca. 1650: Jeremy Taylor, (from vol. 1 of an 1835 edition of his works) - God sometimes decimates or tithes delinquent persons, and they died for a common crime, according as God hath cast their lot in the decrees of predestination."
°To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
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