decimate#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
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Verb Group eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
Hypernym kill
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Verb Group eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
Hyponym kill

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