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v. select by lot and kill every 10th man of, demand a tax of 10% from; reduce intensely (especially in number); destroy a large part of

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Verb
1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
(hypernym) kill
(verb-group) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off
2. kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
(synonym) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) decimation

v. decimate, destroy a large part of

v. decimovat; poškodit; ničit