Decimate[DESS-uh-mayt] Verb

Leave a Comment / By Passnownow / May 8, 2018

Meaning:

1 :	To select by lot and kill every tenth man of
2 :	To exact a tax of 10 percent from
3	a :	to reduce drastically especially in number
b : to cause great destruction or harm to

Example: Budget cuts have decimated public services in many towns and cities throughout the state.