decimating

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Verb decimate has 2 senses

decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
--₁ is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
--₂ is one way to kill

Derived form: noun decimation₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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