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decimatedecimate /ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive] ETYMOLOGYdecimateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin decimatus, past participle of decimare to remove one tenth, kill one in ten, from decem ten VERB TABLEdecimate |
Present | I, you, we, they | decimate | | he, she, it | decimates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | decimated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have decimated | | he, she, it | has decimated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had decimated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will decimate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have decimated |
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Present | I | am decimating | | he, she, it | is decimating | | you, we, they | are decimating | Past | I, he, she, it | was decimating | | you, we, they | were decimating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been decimating | | he, she, it | has been decimating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been decimating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be decimating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been decimating |
to destroy a large part of something: The flies have decimated the winter crop.—decimation /ˌdɛsəˈmeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |