noun🔗Share(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot."After the mutiny, the Roman legion faced decimation; every tenth soldier was chosen by lot and executed. "militarywarhistorynumberactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population."The new disease caused the decimation of the bee population in the area, leading to concerns about crop pollination. "militarydisasterhistorywargroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA tithe or the act of tithing."The church requested a voluntary decimation of the harvest, asking farmers to donate ten percent of their crops. "religionhistorymilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence."The teacher's decimation of the reading list left only every third book for the students to study. "computingnumbermathtechnologystatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
