decimates

Meaning of decimates

noun
  1. A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
  2. A tenth of something.
  3. A set of ten items.
verb
  1. To kill one-tenth of a group, (specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
  2. To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
  3. To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
  4. To exact a tithe or other 10% tax
  5. To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
  6. To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.
  7. To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
  8. To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.

Information about decimates

  • The singular form of decimates is: decimate.
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Hyphenation of decimates

dec-i-mates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • decimates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

decimates synonyms

Meaning :

decimalize, tithe, devastate

Anagrams of decimates

medicates

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