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
• wasting
• ravaging
• annihilating
• eroding
• extinguishing
• vaporizing
• pulverizing
• marring
• razing
• totalling
• crippling
• killing
• crushing
• totaling
• defeating
• wracking
• dismantling
• creaming
• removing
• blasting
• nuking
• tearing down
• breaking
• subduing
• pulling down
• doing in
• desolating
• injuring
• conquering
• trimming
• disintegrating
• harming
• impairing
• mutilating
• deteriorating
• spoiling
• eradicating
• rubbing out
• licking
• dissolving
• mangling
• obliterating
• mastering
• whipping
• routing
• clobbering
• 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