Definitions for: Decimation


[n] destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: destruction, devastation

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