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decimator
Variant of decimate
transitive verb decimated, decimating
- Obsolete to select by lot and kill every tenth one of
- to destroy or kill a large part of: famine decimated the population
- Obsolete to take a tenth part of; tithe
Related Forms:
- decimation noun
- decimator noun
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