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decimate
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decimate in WordNet English dictionary
verb
kill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
eliminate
annihilate
extinguish
eradicate
wipe out
decimate
carry off
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
decimate
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