What part of speech is decimating?

Decimating can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. decimating is a verb, gerund of decimate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does decimating mean?

Definitions

Verb

decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
decimate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Examples of decimating

#   Sentence  
1. verb David Lindenmayer, a professor of ecology at the Australian National University, says droughts and fires can decimate koala populations.
2. verb Our team will decimate yours on the field tomorrow.
3. verb David Lindenmayer, a professor of ecology at the Australian National University, says droughts and fires can decimate koala populations.
4. verb Our team will decimate yours on the field tomorrow.
Sentence  
verb
David Lindenmayer, a professor of ecology at the Australian National University, says droughts and fires can decimate koala populations.
Our team will decimate yours on the field tomorrow.
David Lindenmayer, a professor of ecology at the Australian National University, says droughts and fires can decimate koala populations.
Our team will decimate yours on the field tomorrow.

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