DECIMATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DECIMATE?

Need another word that means the same as “decimate”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “decimate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Decimate” are: annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out, get rid of, do away with, remove, suppress

Decimate as a Verb

Definitions of "Decimate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decimate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group.
• Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies.
• Kill in large numbers.
• Drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something.
• Kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.

Synonyms of "Decimate" as a verb (10 Words)

annihilate	Defeat utterly. A fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated.
carry off	Have a certain range.
do away with	Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. Security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government s opponents.
eradicate	Destroy completely; put an end to. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
extinguish	Extinguish by crushing. Hope is extinguished little by little.
get rid of	Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. A man is removed to the tribal district of his forbears.
suppress	Prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction. Use of the drug suppressed the immune response.
wipe out	Rub with a circular motion.

Usage Examples of "Decimate" as a verb

• The man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers.
• The inhabitants of the country had been decimated.
• Public transport has been decimated.

Associations of "Decimate" (30 Words)

ablation	Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
abolish	Do away with. The tax was abolished in 1977.
annihilate	Kill in large numbers. A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all.
cull	An inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling. He sees culling deer as a necessity.
delete	Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it. Any program in memory will be deleted before the new one is loaded.
demolish	Destroy completely. The home team demolished the visitors.
demolition	An overwhelming defeat. Ireland s demolition of England.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. He has been determined to destroy her.
destruction	An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. Gambling was his destruction.
efface	Make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous. To efface oneself is not the easiest of duties which the teacher can undertake.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. Security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government s opponents.
eradicate	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erasable	Capable of being effaced. A signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head.
erase	Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer’s memory. The magic of the landscape erased all else from her mind.
eraser	A piece of soft rubber or plastic used to rub out something written.
excision	The action of excising something. The excision of the carcinoma.
exterminate	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. They use poison to exterminate moles.
extirpate	Pull up by or as if by the roots. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
extirpation	The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
null	Combine a signal with another in order to create a null cancel out. Null and void.
nullify	Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions.
obliterate	Make invisible or indistinct; conceal or cover. The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
obviate	Do away with. A parachute can be used to obviate disaster.
raze	Completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement. Villages were razed to the ground.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. Exchange controls have finally been removed.
ruthlessly	In a ruthless manner. They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them.
squander	Spend extravagantly. 100m of taxpayers money has been squandered on administering the tax.
stump	Remove tree stumps from. There is no chance that he will be well enough to stump the country.
uproot	Move (someone) from their home or a familiar location. A revolution is necessary to uproot the social order.