decimating

Meanings

• Verb

  Reducing something to a small percentage of its original size, extent, or number.

  - "The army decimated the enemy forces."
  - "The disease decimated the population."
  - "The company decimated its workforce due to financial difficulties."

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Synonyms

decimalize , tithe , tithe , devastate , tithe

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with decimating
commiserate , contemplate , evaluate

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Variants

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decimate , decimated , decimates , decimating , decimation , decimations

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Etymology

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From the Latin decimare, meaning 'to take a tenth', decimating originally referred to the practice of tax collectors taking a tenth of the produce or income from the population.

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Trivia

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1. Decimating is a relatively rare word, and it is often used in formal or literary contexts.

2. Decimating was originally used to describe the practice of tax collectors taking a tenth of the produce or income from the population.

3. The term decimation comes from the Latin word decimare, which means 'to take a tenth'.

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1. Decimation: The act or process of decimating.

2. Decimate: A verb meaning 'to reduce something to a small percentage of its original size, extent, or number.' It can also be used metaphorically to describe the devastating effects of something.

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Culture

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Decimating has been used extensively in military and historical contexts to describe the devastating impact of wars and battles. It has also been used metaphorically to describe the devastating effects of natural disasters, diseases, and economic crises.

How to Memorize "decimating"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the image of an army marching through a village, destroying everything in their path and leaving only a small percentage of the population alive.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word decimating with the image of a battlefield or a natural disaster, where the impact is devastating and leaves only a small percentage of the original population or structures intact.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember that decimating starts with the letter D and has the same number of syllables as the word devastating.

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