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

• whip into shape
• whipjack
• whipjacks
• whiplash
• whiplashed
• whiplashes
• whiplashing
• whiplash injuries
• whiplash injury
• whipless
• whiplike
• whipped
• whipper
• whipper-in
• whipper-ins
• whippers
• whippersnapper
• whippersnappers
• whippet
• whippeting
• whippetings
• whippets
• whippier
• whippiest
• whippiness