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Showing words for DECIMATE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Decimate

decimate, emicated, medicate

7 Letter Words for Decimate

deicate, emicate, mediate, micated

6 Letter Words for Decimate

aceite, acmite, amiced, dacite, decate, deceit, decima, decime, edemic, emetia, emetic, ideate, itemed, meated, meatic, mecate, mecati, mediae, medica, micate, teamed

5 Letter Words for Decimate

acted, adeem, admit, aimed, ameed, amice, amide, atmid, cadee, cadet, cadie, cited, citee, damie, decem, deice, demic, demit, diact, dicta, ectad, edema, edict, edite, etiam, ideta, maced, mated, matie, medea, media, medic, metad, metae, meted, metic, tamed, teade, teaed, temed, ticed, timed

4 Letter Words for Decimate

aced, acid, acme, adet, adit, admi, aide, amdt, amic, amid, amie, amit, ated, cade, cadi, caid, came, cami, cate, cede, cedi, cete, ceti, cide, cima, cite, dace, dame, date, deem, deet, deia, deme, demi, deti, diam, dice, dict, diem, diet, dime, dita, dite, eadi, ecad, edam, edea, edit, eide, emda, emic, emit, etic, iced, idea, idee, idem, item, mace, made, maed, maid, mate, mead, meat, mede, meed, meet, meta, mete, miae, mica, mice, mide, mite, tace, tade, taed, tame, tead, team, teca, teed, teem, teme, tice, tide, tied, time

3 Letter Words for Decimate

ace, act, adc, ade, adm, aid, aim, ait, ame, ami, amt, ate, atm, cad, cai, cam, cat, cee, cia, cid, cie, cit, cmd, cte, dae, dam, dat, dca, dea, dec, dee, dei, dem, det, dia, die, dim, dit, ead, eam, eat, ecm, ect, eec, eme, eta, etc, ice, ida, ide, ita, itd, mac, mad, mae, mat, mea, med, mee, mei, met, mia, mic, mid, mit, mtd, tad, tai, tam, tea, tec, ted, tee, tem, tic, tid, tie, tim

Definitions for Decimate

[1] to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
[2] to select by lot and kill every tenth person of.
[3] Obsolete . to take a tenth of or from.
[4] to destroy or kill a large proportion of a plague decimated the population
[5] (esp in the ancient Roman army) to kill every tenth man of (a mutinous section)

Words related to Decimate

obliterate, annihilate, slaughter, exterminate, execute, massacre, butcher

Words nearby Decimate

decimal place, decimal point, decimal system, decimalize, decimals, decimate, decimeter, decimetre, decimus, decinormal, decipher

Origin of Decimate

1590–1600; < Latin decimātus, past participle of decimāre “to punish every tenth man chosen by lot,” verbal derivative of decimus “tenth,” derivative of decem ten; see -ate1

Words that may be confused with Decimate

decimal, decimate, decimate, destroy, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Decimate

dec·i·ma·tion , noun
dec·i·ma·tor , noun

Word origin for Decimate

C17: from Latin decimāre, from decimus tenth, from decem ten

Synonyms for Decimate

annihilate, exterminate, obliterate, slaughter, wipe out, butcher, execute, massacre, commit genocide, kill off, stamp out