'Decimation' definitions:
Definition of 'decimation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
Definition of 'Decimation'
From: GCIDE
- Decimation \Dec`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. decimatio: cf. F. d['e]cimation.]
- 1. A tithing. [Obs.] --State Trials (1630). [1913 Webster]
- 2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Decimation'
- Decimal,
- Decimalization,
- Decimalize,
- Decimally,
- Decimate,
- Decimated,
- Decimating,
- Decimator,
- decimalism,
- Circulating decimal,
- Circulatory decimal,
- Decimal arithmetic,
- Decimal fraction,
- Decimal point,
- Recurring decimal,
- Repeating decimal,
- decimal candle,
- decimal digit,
- decimal notation,
- decimal system,
- decimal number system,
- decimal numeration system,
- decimal system of classification,
- dewey decimal classification,
- dewey decimal system