Synonyms of decimates

decimates

verb

present tense third-person singular of decimate

as in destroys

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

• destroys
• demolishes
• devastates
• shatters
• ruins
• smashes
• wrecks
• overcomes
• annihilates
• erodes
• damages
• vaporizes
• extinguishes
• pulverizes
• wastes
• ravages
• razes
• desolates
• cripples
• kills
• wracks
• dismantles
• totals
• mars
• subdues
• removes
• tears down
• nukes
• injures
• defeats
• crushes
• pulls down
• breaks
• rubs out
• does in
• impairs
• conquers
• disintegrates
• blasts
• creams
• clobbers
• trounces
• deteriorates
• disfigures
• obliterates
• thrashes
• mangles
• eradicates
• mutilates
• dissolves
• harms
• spoils
• surmounts
• wallops
• vitiates
• exterminates
• masters
• scours
• licks
• bests
• routs
• prevails (over)
• wins (against)
• trims
• defaces
• undoes
• beats
• whips
• slaughters
• slays
• disassembles
• tramples
• assassinates
• plunders
• liquidates
• triumphs (over)
• overbears
• expunges
• trashes
• dynamites
• despoils
• sweeps (away)
• executes
• wears (away)
• effaces
• vandalizes
• stamps (out)
• pillages
• guts
• unmakes
• blows up
• drubs
• extirpates
• murders
• washes out
• loots
• overmatches
• zaps
• wipes out
• dispatches
• roots (out)
• takes down
• scotches
• cuts down
• blots out
• sacks
• mows (down)
• snuffs (out)
• kills off
• massacres
• unbuilds
• dilapidates
• skunks
• takes out
• butchers
• fells
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• raises
• creates
• erects
• constructs
• repairs
• produces
• rears
• sets up
• doctors
• invents
• makes
• fixes
• establishes
• assembles
• manufactures
• constitutes
• protects
• forms
• puts up
• organizes
• preserves
• shapes
• saves
• reconditions
• founds
• frames
• mends
• restores
• revamps
• fathers
• institutes
• brings about
• conserves
• fashions
• reconstructs
• patches
• fabricates
• forges
• molds
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decimates

Maggie Greene was introduced in The Walking Dead season 2 as an open-hearted survivor who was just beginning to grapple with the barbaric nature of her new reality after the Wildfire virus decimates humanity. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

This move effectively decimates the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has conducted federal funds to NPR and PBS for nearly 60 years. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025