Definition of decimate
English to English verb - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
source: WordNet 3.0 - kill in large numbers
The plague wiped out an entire population.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
source: Webster 1913
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