Bible Dictionaries
Decimate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
(2):
(v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
(3):
(v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Decimate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/decimate.html. 1828.