Synonyms of decimated

decimated

verb

past tense of decimate

as in destroyed

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

the army's attack decimated the enemy's defenses beyond repair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• devastated
• shattered
• wrecked
• smashed
• damaged
• ravaged
• annihilated
• eroded
• wasted
• overcame
• vaporized
• pulverized
• marred
• extinguished
• razed
• crippled
• wracked
• desolated
• totaled
• killed
• crushed
• creamed
• defeated
• dismantled
• nuked
• tore down
• rubbed out
• blasted
• removed
• pulled down
• injured
• broke
• did in
• subdued
• disintegrated
• conquered
• deteriorated
• clobbered
• trimmed
• impaired
• harmed
• routed
• trounced
• mutilated
• mangled
• dissolved
• eradicated
• obliterated
• spoiled
• thrashed
• licked
• disfigured
• gutted
• mastered
• overmatched
• bested
• whipped
• scotched
• slaughtered
• dynamited
• prevailed (over)
• scoured
• exterminated
• swept (away)
• surmounted
• won (against)
• plundered
• triumphed (over)
• liquidated
• defaced
• sacked
• pillaged
• wore (away)
• murdered
• assassinated
• looted
• vitiated
• disassembled
• dilapidated
• beat
• extirpated
• trampled
• massacred
• washed out
• walloped
• despoiled
• expunged
• drubbed
• blew up
• vandalized
• wiped out
• trashed
• executed
• dispatched
• butchered
• stamped (out)
• blotted out
• felled
• undid
• rooted (out)
• skunked
• zapped
• effaced
• took down
• cut down
• killed off
• snuffed (out)
• slew
• overbore
• mowed (down)
• took out
• unmade
• unbuilt
• havocked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• constructed
• erected
• raised
• created
• reared
• repaired
• set up
• fixed
• produced
• formed
• put up
• invented
• made
• assembled
• manufactured
• established
• shaped
• organized
• molded
• fabricated
• protected
• forged
• constituted
• preserved
• founded
• framed
• patched
• instituted
• fashioned
• brought about
• revamped
• saved
• mended
• doctored
• reconditioned
• rebuilt
• restored
• reconstructed
• conserved
• fathered
• remodeled
• renovated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decimated

Prices hit record highs last year amid an avian flu outbreak that decimated the country's poultry flocks. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026

The chicks are part of a global effort to reintroduce the species, which was decimated by the invasive brown tree snake. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Use floating row covers over seedlings and susceptible crops such as eggplants, which can be decimated by flea beetles. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 June 2026

But the streaming revolution has decimated the cable television business. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Destroying most of the Hollywood heavy community, the Palisades Fire killed more than a dozen people and decimated over 5,400 homes. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 June 2026

Jed Hoyer can’t recall seeing his team’s starting pitching depth be decimated as significantly as the Chicago Cubs currently are experiencing. — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Heston is at his most gleefully cynical as Robert Thorn, a police detective who lives and works in a New York City decimated by environmental deterioration and dwindling resources. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 June 2026

When the Spanish settlers decamped for Cuba in 1763 after ceding Florida to the English, the few surviving Tequesta, their numbers decimated by 200 years of captivity and slavery, conflict and ill treatment, are believed to have departed with them. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026