decimation

Meaning of decimation

noun
  1. (strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
  2. (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
  3. A tithe or the act of tithing.
  4. The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.

Information about decimation

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of decimation is: decimations.
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Hyphenation of decimation

dec-i-ma-tion

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • decimation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

decimation synonyms

Meaning :

tithing, tithe

Anagrams of decimation

medication

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