All decimate synonyms
dec·i·mate
D d verb decimate
- wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- butcher — A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- devastate — If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- kill off — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
noun decimate
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.