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Word: decimate
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Verb:
- computer graphics To replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.
- historical To exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent
- Roman history To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
- To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
- To reduce to one-tenth.
- To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
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