Decimate Mnemonic
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decimate
decimate
/ˈdɛ.sɪ.meɪt/
Examples
- They decimated the people.
- The man decimated the crowd.
- The theory is in decimals of degrees.
- It is part of the architecture of the decimal system.
- The Machines decimated the helpless ships.
- The army was organized on the decimal system.
- The community was decimated during the Holocaust.
- They should not have decimated the multitude.
- A radix point in the decimal system is the usual.
- Fever decimated the command and the campaign ended.
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
verb
kill in large numbers
verb
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"Deci + Mate. Ten mates play a game, but only nine stay, one's fate."
"Deck + I Mate. Ten soldiers on deck but I mate with disaster, leaving only one."
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