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Verb
S:
(v)
decimate
(kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies)
verb group
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Somebody ----s somebody
S:
(v)
eliminate
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annihilate
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extinguish
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eradicate
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wipe out
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decimate
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carry off
(kill in large numbers)
"the plague wiped out an entire population"