dec·i·mate
[des-uh-meyt]
–verb (used with object), -mat·ed, -mat·ing.
1.
to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
2.
to select by lot and kill every tenth person of.
3.
Obsolete . to take a tenth of or from.
Definition courtesy of http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/decimate
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