About The Word Decimation
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Decimation
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What's The Definition Of Decimation?
[n] destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Decimation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Decimation: See Also | destruction | devastation Decimation In Webster's Dictionary \Dec`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. decimatio: cf. F.
d['e]cimation.]
1. A tithing. [Obs.] --State Trials (1630).
2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for
punishment. --Shak.
3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by
pestilence or war. --Milman.
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