decimate /desˈi-māt/

1. To take or destroy the tenth part of
2. To punish by killing every tenth man
3. (loosely) to reduce very heavily

decimāˈtion noun

decˈimātor noun

• stocking frame
• stocking frames
• stockingless
• stocking mask
• stocking masks
• stockings
• stocking-sole
• stocking-soles
• stocking stitch
• stocking stuffer
• stocking stuffers
• stock in horn
• stock-in-trade
• stockist
• stockists
• stockjobber
• stockjobberies
• the likes of
• the line
• the Lions
• the Little Bear
• the little woman
• the living
• the living theatre
• the long and the short