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decimation

noun

1 decimation

Destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot).

Roget 103: fewness etc. adj.; paucity, small number; small quantity etc. 32; rarity; infrequency etc. 137; handful, maniple; ... show more

Roget 99: division by five etc. 98; quinquesection &c.; decimation; fifth etc.

Dutch: slachting
Polish: decymacja


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