The disease caused the decimation of the population.
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Decimation
Synonyms for "decimation" (38 found)
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Translations
9 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- desimaatio noun (selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment)
- desimointi noun (creation of a new sequence comprising every nth element of the original)
- desimointi noun (digital signal-processing technique)
- joukkosurma noun (killing or destruction of a large portion of a population)
Greek
1 entries- αποδεκάτισμα noun (selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment)
Macedonian
1 entries- десеткување noun (selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment)
Russian
1 entries- децимация noun (selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment)
Swedish
1 entries- decimering noun (selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment)
Sample sentences
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The army suffered a terrible decimation.
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By decimation and a tythed death; / If thy Reuenges hunger for that Food, / Which Nature loathes, take thou the deſtin'd tenth, […]
Source: wiktionary
And the vvhole Army had cauſe to enquire into their own Rebellions, vvhen they ſavv the Lord of Hoſts, vvith a dreadful Decimation, taking off ſo many of our Brethren by the vvorſt of Executioners.
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