decimate /desˈi-māt/

1. To take or destroy the tenth part of
2. To punish by killing every tenth man
3. (loosely) to reduce very heavily

decimāˈtion noun

decˈimātor noun

• masterstroke
• masterstrokes
• master-switch
• master-switches
• master-wheel
• master-wheels
• masterwork
• masterworks
• masterwort
• masterworts
• mastery
• mast-fed
• mastful
• masthead
• mastheaded
• mastheading
• mastheads
• masthouse
• masthouses
• mastic
• mellowness
• mellownesses
• mellow out
• mellows
• mellowspeak