decimation
/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/4 hece
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Tanım
•destroying or killing a large part of the population
Diğer Dillerde
İspanyolcadecimación, diezmado
Rusçaдецимация
Yunancaαποδεκάτισμα
İsveççedecimering
Fincedesimaatio, desimointi, joukkosurma, joukkotuho
Makedoncaдесеткување
Etimoloji
Borrowed from Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep order in their military. Compare septimation and vicesimation.