Every harvest, the peasant reluctantly delivered his decimate to the manor as required by tradition.

The tribune threatened to decimate the cohort if they continued their mutiny, a punishment that would see one in ten chosen by lot and killed by their comrades.

The archive cataloged dozens of decimates from wars and plagues.

When an invasive species arrives, it decimates native plant populations within a few years.

The invasive beetle decimated the native ash trees over the course of a single summer.

The farming communities suffered repeated decimations after each drought, forcing many families to relocate.

The results were recorded decimally to simplify comparisons between experiments.

The decimic polynomial had coefficients that revealed a complex root structure.

The historian documented several decimalizations during the currency reforms of the 19th century.

He collected old decimes from his grandfather's trunk and polished them carefully.