3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: decimation n : destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: DECIMATION. The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the Romans, called decimation.
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