David Lindenmayer, a professor of ecology at the Australian National University, says droughts and fires can decimate koala populations.
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Decimate
/ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
Synonyms for "decimate" (83 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
annihilatebring to ruinbutchercommit carnagecommit genocidecommit mass murdercondemnconfoundconsumedamndeal destructiondecapitatedemolishdepopulate
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesMore specific
5 entriesbudget cutmilitary executionpopulation declinepunitive executionworkforce reduction
Collocations
6 entriesbiodiversity decimationdataset decimationdecimation ratepopulation decimationresource decimationworkforce decimation
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- delmar verb (to reduce by one-tenth)
- delmar verb (to severely reduce)
Dutch
1 entries- decimeren verb (to severely reduce)
Finnish
2 entries- hävittää verb (to severely reduce)
- lähes tuhota verb (to severely reduce)
Hungarian
1 entries- megtizedel verb (to severely reduce)
Māori
1 entries- whakawhiri verb (to severely reduce)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیرمق verb (to severely reduce)
Portuguese
1 entries- dizimar verb (to severely reduce)
Russian
2 entries- истребля́ть verb (to severely reduce)
- опустошать verb (to severely reduce)
Spanish
1 entries- diezmar verb (to severely reduce)
Swedish
1 entries- decimera verb (to severely reduce)
Turkish
3 entries- azaltmak verb (to severely reduce)
- biçmek verb (to severely reduce)
- kırmak verb (to severely reduce)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Our team will decimate yours on the field tomorrow.
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In order to justify its war crimes, the United States bombards and annihilates entire countries in the name of liberty and democracy. Of course, companies that sell missiles to the Pentagon, as well as mercenary companies, have very little to do with liberty and democracy. In order to have more petroleum, the American economy needs to decimate millions of lives, and these wars are also beneficial to companies that sell weapons or rent out killers.
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Hezbollah has the potential to decimate Israeli forces inside Lebanon.
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