DECIMATION — Definition of DECIMATION

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/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/
noun
1
(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
2
(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
3
A tithe or the act of tithing.
4
The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
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📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decimation

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