DECIMATE

decimate

Verb

  1. To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
  2. To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
  3. To exact a tithe or tax of 10 percent.
  4. To reduce to one-tenth.
  5. To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
  6. To replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.


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