decimate

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

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