Found 3 items, similar to Decimated.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: decimate membunuh besar-besaran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: decimate decimate v 1: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies 2: kill in large numbers; “the plague wiped out an entire population” [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Decimated Decimate \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decimating.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. [1913 Webster]