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decimation
(encz) | decimation,zdecimování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Decimation
(gcide) | Decimation \Dec`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. decimatio: cf. F.
d['e]cimation.]
1. A tithing. [Obs.] --State Trials (1630).
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2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for
punishment. --Shak.
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3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by
pestilence or war. --Milman.
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decimation
(wn) | decimation
n 1: destroying or killing a large part of the population
(literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
DECIMATION
(bouvier) | DECIMATION. The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the
Romans, called decimation.
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decimation
(encz) | decimation,zdecimování n: Zdeněk Brož |
decimation
(wn) | decimation
n 1: destroying or killing a large part of the population
(literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
DECIMATION
(bouvier) | DECIMATION. The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the
Romans, called decimation.
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