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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)

annihilateDefeat utterly.
A fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated.
carry offHave a certain range.
do away withCarry out or practice; as of jobs and professions.
eliminateEliminate from the body.
Security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government s opponents.
eradicateDestroy completely; put an end to.
This disease has been eradicated from the world.
extinguishExtinguish by crushing.
Hope is extinguished little by little.
get rid ofReach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.
removeRemove from a position or an office.
A man is removed to the tribal district of his forbears.
suppressPrevent or inhibit (a process or reaction.
Use of the drug suppressed the immune response.
wipe outRub 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)

ablationSurgical removal of a body part or tissue.
abolishDo away with.
The tax was abolished in 1977.
annihilateKill in large numbers.
A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all.
cullAn inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling.
He sees culling deer as a necessity.
deleteRemove 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.
demolishDestroy completely.
The home team demolished the visitors.
demolitionAn overwhelming defeat.
Ireland s demolition of England.
destroyDestroy completely damage irreparably.
He has been determined to destroy her.
destructionAn event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
Gambling was his destruction.
effaceMake oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous.
To efface oneself is not the easiest of duties which the teacher can undertake.
eliminateEliminate from the body.
Security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government s opponents.
eradicateDestroy completely, as if down to the roots.
This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erasableCapable of being effaced.
A signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head.
eraseRemove 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.
eraserA piece of soft rubber or plastic used to rub out something written.
excisionThe action of excising something.
The excision of the carcinoma.
exterminateDestroy completely, as if down to the roots.
They use poison to exterminate moles.
extirpatePull up by or as if by the roots.
Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
extirpationThe act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
nullCombine a signal with another in order to create a null cancel out.
Null and void.
nullifyMake ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of.
Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions.
obliterateMake invisible or indistinct; conceal or cover.
The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
obviateDo away with.
A parachute can be used to obviate disaster.
razeCompletely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement.
Villages were razed to the ground.
removeRemove from a position or an office.
Exchange controls have finally been removed.
ruthlesslyIn a ruthless manner.
They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them.
squanderSpend extravagantly.
100m of taxpayers money has been squandered on administering the tax.
stumpRemove tree stumps from.
There is no chance that he will be well enough to stump the country.
uprootMove (someone) from their home or a familiar location.
A revolution is necessary to uproot the social order.
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