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

The passage of the CCCA would replicate the disastrous 2010 Durbin Amendment, which decimated debit card rewards. — Raquel Mitchell, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026

Student loans are rising, graduate jobs are being decimated, and AI is threatening to make essay writing a redundant practice. — Eric Francia, Fortune, 7 July 2026

After a 1928 freeze decimated the grapevines, the area’s winemakers replanted, sought Saint Mark’s protection, and commissioned Luxembourgian sculptor Claus Cito to create a statue of the saint, which now occupies a niche in the tower. — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026

The funeral comes as Iran seeks to project stability after months of war that decimated much of its senior political and military leadership. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 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

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

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

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