Hyphenation of decimate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word decimate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dec-i-mate

Definitions of decimate:

1.	Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
2.	Kill in large numbers The plague wiped out an entire population

Synonyms of decimate:

verb	kill
verb	eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off, kill

Last hyphenations of this language

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