What is the meaning of Decimate?

To kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.

To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something).

To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.

To exact a tithe or other 10% tax.

To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.

To divide into tenths; to decimalize.

To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of (something).

To replace (a high-resolution model) with another of lower but acceptable quality. (Usually algorithmically)

A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.

A tenth of something.

A set of ten items.

inflection of decimare:

  1. second-person plural present indicative
  2. second-person plural imperative

second-person plural present indicative

second-person plural imperative

feminine plural of decimato

second-person plural present active imperative of decimō

Source: wiktionary.org