decimating

The word “decimating” has 4 syllables: dec-i-mat-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdɛs.ə.meɪ.tɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for decimating?

In the thesaurus, “decimating” has 109 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for decimating

annihilating
assassinating
beating
besting
blasting
blotting out
blowing up
breaking
butchering
clobbering
conquering
creaming
crippling
crushing
cutting down
damaging
defacing
defeating
demolishing
desolating
despoiling
destroying
deteriorating
devastating
dilapidating
disassembling
disfiguring
disintegrating
dismantling
dispatching
dissolving
doing in
drubbing
dynamiting
effacing
eradicating
eroding
executing
expunging
exterminating
extinguishing
extirpating
felling
gutting
harming
havocking
impairing
injuring
killing
killing off
licking
liquidating
looting
mangling
marring
massacring
mastering
murdering
mutilating
nuking
obliterating
overbearing
overcoming
overmatching
pillaging
plundering
pulling down
pulverizing
ravaging
razing
removing
routing
rubbing out
ruining
sacking
scotching
scouring
shattering
skunking
slaughtering
slaying
smashing
spoiling
subduing
surmounting
taking down
taking out
tearing down
thrashing
totaling
totalling
trampling
trashing
trimming
trouncing
unbuilding
undoing
unmaking
vandalizing
vaporizing
vitiating
walloping
washing out
wasting
whipping
wiping out
wracking
wrecking
zapping

Antonyms for decimating

assembling
bringing about
building
conserving
constituting
constructing
creating
doctoring
erecting
establishing
fabricating
fashioning
fathering
fixing
forging
forming
founding
framing
instituting
inventing
making
manufacturing
mending
molding
organizing
patching
preserving
producing
protecting
putting up
raising
rearing
rebuilding
reconditioning
reconstructing
remodeling
renovating
repairing
restoring
revamping
saving
setting up
shaping

Meanings of decimating

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 drought is decimating crops across the entire region.
Illegal logging is decimating the rainforest at an alarming rate.
A new strain of bacteria is decimating livestock populations.
The wildfire has been decimating everything in its path.
The economic crisis is decimating small businesses nationwide.

On this page you'll find 152 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decimating, such as: annihilating, assassinating, assembling, beating, besting, blasting, blotting out.

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