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The word decimate is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —
  • decimate v. (Archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman…
  • decimate v. To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
  • decimate v. (Loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
  • decimate v. (Obsolete) To exact a tithe or other 10% tax.
  • decimate v. (Obsolete, rare) To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
  • decimate v. (Obsolete) To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths, etc.
  • decimate v. (Proscribed) To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
  • decimate v. (Computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.
  • decimate n. (Obsolete) A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
  • decimate n. (Obsolete) A tenth of something.
  • decimate n. (Obsolete) A set of ten items.
— English word, defined in German —
  • decimate V. Dezimieren, stark vermindern.
— English word, defined in French —
  • decimate v. Décimer.
— In Italian —
  • decimate v. Seconda persona plurale dell’indicativo presente di decimare.
  • decimate v. Seconda persona plurale dell’imperativo di decimare.
  • decimate v. Participio passato femminile plurale di decimare.
57 English words from 11 English definitions

acceptable another anything Archaic but completely Computer Computer␣graphics decimalize destroy devastate divide etc exact graphics group high high-resolution historical hundredths into items kill Loosely lower military model nine nine-tenths not Obsolete of␣a one one␣tenth other pay payment Proscribed punishment quality rare reduce remove replace resolution Roman set significantly something specifically tax ten tenth tenths the tithe with

3 English words from 5 foreign definitions

dell persona stark

13 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Décimer Dezimieren femminile imperativo indicativo Participio Participio␣passato passato plurale presente Seconda Seconda␣persona vermindern

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

decimated decimates

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

redecimated redecimates undecimated duodecimated

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

redecimate duodecimate

38 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ate Até Atë -ate CIM cima Cima CIMA dec Dec DEC dec- dec. Dec. deci- decim decima Decima décima ima Ima IMA i'ma I'ma Ima' i'm'a I'm'a I'm-a I'm␣a I'm␣a' mat Mat MAT mat. Mat. mate maté -mate

21 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AMI amic -amic amice CED eta ETA ice Ice ICE -ice Ice. iced mic MIC Mic. mice miced tam TAM Tami

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

edematic medicate

17 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

academite Academite acetamide Camdenite cetramide decimated decimates emaciated facetimed medialect medicated medicates meditance mendicate mentacide oedematic œdematic

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

iced␣tea medaite mediate


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