"Our Decimal System lets us write numbers as large or as small as we want, using the decimal point. Numbers can be placed to the left or right of a decimal point, to indicate values greater than one or less than one." ~http://www.mathsisfun.com/decimals.html In other words, decimals are just parts of a whole, like fractions or percents.
Originally in the Roman army certain offences were punished by killing every tenth man in the unit. So the word means to kill ten per cent of a group. However, it could be misused by some to mean To kill something in groups of ten.
pertaining to tenths or the number 10
If I decimate this meal, I'll only have eaten ten percent of it. The army is preparing to decimate the city.
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decimal is an adjective, decimate is a verb.
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To take the tenth part of; to tithe., To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny., To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
You can not decimate all the people. King Decimated all the traitors.
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My daughter is involved in a movement to decimate the local park by keeping its grounds clean.
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Decimate - to destroy or reduce by one tenth, which means 10% destroyed, but 90% remains. This word is often used incorrectly in place of the word devastate.Sentence: Although a disaster was said to decimate the city's homes, 90% of the homes remained intact. Because I had eaten a big breakfast, I was only able to decimate my lunch.