Synonyms of decimating

decimating

verb

present participle of decimate

as in destroying

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

• destroying
• ruining
• demolishing
• shattering
• devastating
• wrecking
• smashing
• damaging
• overcoming
• ravaging
• wasting
• annihilating
• eroding
• extinguishing
• vaporizing
• pulverizing
• marring
• razing
• crippling
• killing
• totaling
• crushing
• defeating
• wracking
• creaming
• dismantling
• removing
• blasting
• nuking
• tearing down
• breaking
• subduing
• pulling down
• doing in
• desolating
• injuring
• conquering
• trimming
• disintegrating
• harming
• impairing
• clobbering
• mutilating
• deteriorating
• spoiling
• eradicating
• rubbing out
• licking
• dissolving
• mangling
• obliterating
• mastering
• whipping
• routing
• prevailing (over)
• gutting
• slaughtering
• disfiguring
• exterminating
• walloping
• surmounting
• besting
• winning (against)
• scouring
• thrashing
• beating
• dynamiting
• defacing
• plundering
• wearing (away)
• assassinating
• vitiating
• liquidating
• murdering
• extirpating
• undoing
• trouncing
• sacking
• pillaging
• disassembling
• triumphing (over)
• sweeping (away)
• expunging
• massacring
• trampling
• executing
• despoiling
• vandalizing
• looting
• overmatching
• trashing
• dispatching
• scotching
• blowing up
• washing out
• slaying
• effacing
• overbearing
• wiping out
• butchering
• zapping
• drubbing
• stamping (out)
• blotting out
• taking down
• dilapidating
• cutting down
• rooting (out)
• skunking
• killing off
• mowing (down)
• unmaking
• felling
• snuffing (out)
• taking out
• unbuilding
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• constructing
• building
• raising
• creating
• erecting
• repairing
• rearing
• fixing
• producing
• setting up
• forming
• making
• shaping
• establishing
• inventing
• putting up
• assembling
• protecting
• manufacturing
• constituting
• preserving
• organizing
• forging
• framing
• fashioning
• revamping
• fabricating
• instituting
• molding
• saving
• patching
• reconditioning
• conserving
• restoring
• founding
• doctoring
• mending
• bringing about
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decimating

Smallpox began decimating Indigenous populations shortly after European colonizers arrived in the Americas during the late 15th century. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

The Devil, a native marsupial unique to Tasmania, is under threat from Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) which is decimating numbers throughout Tasmania. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

The deadliest animal to have ever roamed the earth is not the great white shark, or snakes, or even rats that caused three great plagues in history, decimating the human population at the time. — New Atlas, 26 July 2026

Season 2 saw Aemond purposefully incinerating his brother, leaving him badly burned, and decimating the Riverlands while on Vhagar. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

The Islamic Republic’s leaders and commanders survived a 40-day onslaught aimed both at regime change and at decimating Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026

Isn’t this boycott and those fears decimating Israeli cinema? — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 June 2026

Business Insider In Phoenix, the country’s call-center capital, AI is decimating working-class careers. — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 1 June 2026

The Mets lost Ronny Mauricio to a fractured thumb in Anaheim, decimating the once-robust infield depth. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026