ALL meanings of decimated
dec·i·mate
D d - verb with object decimated to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague. 1
- verb with object decimated to select by lot and kill every tenth person of. 1
- verb with object decimated Obsolete. to take a tenth of or from. 1
- noun decimated Simple past tense and past participle of decimate. 1