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    decimate

    decimate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word decimate

    Definition
    (verb) kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies Definition
    (verb) kill in large numbers
    Example Sentence
    • the plague wiped out an entire population
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for decimate

deci [means 10]mate[in ,chess mate means killing a king]so it sound like killing a king in every 10 people,so to kill a king u have to kill 10 persons.so ie make killing at huge amount.

decimate->deci+ mate AIDS guy will be kill in large numbers

Deshi + mate(friends) : Rajakars were deshi mate of Pakistani force in Bangladesh. Rajakars killed a lot of men of Bangladesh.

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