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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decimation \Dec`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. decimatio: cf F. d['e]cimation.] 1. A tithing. [Obs.] --State Trials (1630). 2. A selection of every tenth person by lot as for punishment. --Shak. 3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. --Milman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decimation n : destroying or killing a great proportion of the population (literally every tenth person)
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