decimation
/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/
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.
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