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

• petroliferous
• petrolled
• petrol lighter
• petrol lighters
• petrolling
• pretendedly
• pretendent
• pretendents
• pretender
• pretenders
• pretendership
• pretenderships
• pretending
• pretendingly
• pretends
• pretense
• pretenses
• pre-tension
• pretension
• pre-tensioned
• pre-tensioner
• pre-tensioners
• pre-tensioning
• pre-tensions
• pretensions