decimates

The word “decimates” has 3 syllables: dec-i-mates

It's pronounced as /ˈdɛs.ə.meɪts/

What is synonym and antonym for decimates?

In the thesaurus, “decimates” has 108 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for decimates along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for decimates

annihilates
assassinates
beats
bests
blasts
blots out
blows up
breaks
butchers
clobbers
conquers
creams
cripples
crushes
cuts down
damages
defaces
defeats
demolishes
desolates
despoils
destroys
deteriorates
devastates
dilapidates
disassembles
disfigures
disintegrates
dismantles
dispatches
dissolves
does in
drubs
dynamites
effaces
eradicates
erodes
executes
expunges
exterminates
extinguishes
extirpates
fells
guts
harms
havocs
impairs
injures
kills
kills off
licks
liquidates
loots
mangles
mars
massacres
masters
murders
mutilates
nukes
obliterates
overbears
overcomes
overmatches
pillages
plunders
pulls down
pulverizes
ravages
razes
removes
routs
rubs out
ruins
sacks
scotches
scours
shatters
skunks
slaughters
slays
smashes
spoils
subdues
surmounts
takes down
takes out
tears down
thrashes
totals
tramples
trashes
trims
trounces
unbuilds
undoes
unmakes
vandalizes
vaporizes
vitiates
wallops
washes out
wastes
whips
wipes out
wracks
wrecks
zaps

Antonyms for decimates

assembles
brings about
builds
conserves
constitutes
constructs
creates
doctors
erects
establishes
fabricates
fashions
fathers
fixes
forges
forms
founds
frames
institutes
invents
makes
manufactures
mends
molds
organizes
patches
preserves
produces
protects
puts up
raises
rears
rebuilds
reconditions
reconstructs
remodels
renovates
repairs
restores
revamps
saves
sets up
shapes

Meanings 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.

Example Sentences

The virus quickly decimates large portions of the population.
Climate change decimates habitats around the globe.
War often decimates communities and their infrastructures.
A powerful tsunami decimates coastal towns in minutes.
The pesticide decimates beneficial insects along with the pests.

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