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Definition of Decimates
1. decimate [v] - See also: decimate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimates
Literary usage of Decimates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1887)
"KINNEY'S EXPEDITION—WILLIAM WALKER JOINS THE DEMOCRATS—FAILURE OF HIS EXPEDITION
TO RIVAS—CHOLERA decimates THK LEGITIMISTS AT MANAGUA—DEATH OF ..."
2. Alaska, an Empire in the Making by John Jasper Underwood (1913)
"... its history — Unfairness shown to pelagic sealers — Ruthless slaughter decimates
greatest fishery wealth ever possessed by any nation — Killing prodigal ..."
3. Our Diary in Europe by B.W. King (1871)
"... and so probably will it stand till a greater than Crimean struggle decimates
the forces with which old England maintains her honour; then, ..."
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