The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DECIMATED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1965.
Destroyed a large part of crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DECIMATED | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Destroyed a large part of
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Crossword Answer definitions
DECIMATED verb- To kill one-tenth of a group, (specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
- To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
- To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
- To exact a tithe or other 10% tax
- To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
- To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.
- To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
- To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.
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