Decimation

"Decimation" in Finnish

desimaatio

(selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment)

desimointi

(creation of a new sequence comprising every nth element of the original)

desimointi

(digital signal-processing technique)

joukkosurma

(killing or destruction of a large portion of a population)

joukkotuho

(killing or destruction of a large portion of a population)

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