معنی کلمه :‌ decimate

To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [Written also caveson, causson.] White.

To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.