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decimation
  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. (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
  5. (telecommunications) A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. destruction, devastation, ruination, ruin, annihilation, desolation, demolition, extermination, obliteration, extinction, demolishment, havoc, wastage, wreckage, loss, mincemeat, elimination, eradication, liquidation, extirpation, carnage, extinguishment, extinguishing, wreck, wiping out, wrecking, abolition, massacre, end, dissolving, ravaging, disintegrating, slaughter, subversion, shattering, abolishing, damage, termination, crushing, overthrow, subverting, waste, downfall, wrack, erasure, excision, sacking, crashing, invalidating, invalidation … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “The decimation of the landscape crushes the people's collective psyche.”
      “The most affecting scenes in the novel are those depicting the decimation wrought by this plague-like contagion.”
      “Today I read that we are facing the biggest decimation of species in the history of the planet.”
decimate
  1. (obsolete) A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
  2. (obsolete) A tenth of something.
  3. (obsolete) A set of ten items.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. tenth, decima, tithe
decimator
  1. One who decimates, particularly:
    1. A devastator or destroyer.
    2. A collector or receiver of tithes.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. destroyer, despoiler, demolisher, devastator, annihilator, exterminator, vandal, wrecker, eradicator, pillager, ransacker, bomber, buster, killer, executioner, iconoclast, destructive force, natural disaster, ruiner, defacer, obliterator, breaker, graffiti artist, tithe proctor, tithingman, dues collector, revenue officer … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The dilation performed for each scale is now achieved by a decimator.”
decimations
  1. plural of decimation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. destruction, devastation, ruinations, ruin, annihilation, desolation, demolition, exterminations, obliteration, extinction, demolishment, havoc, wastage, wreckage, loss, mincemeat, elimination, liquidation, eradications, extirpation, carnage, extinguishments, wreckings, wrecks, massacres, abolitions, slaughter, damage, dissolvings, crushing, shatterings, ravagings, termination, ends, subversion, downfalls, calamities, nullification, excision, dilapidations, banes, sacking, overthrows, erasure, waste, death, invalidation, crashings, wracks, perdition … more
decimators
  1. plural of decimator
  2. Synonyms:
      3. destroyers, despoilers, demolishers, devastators, annihilators, exterminators, vandals, wreckers, eradicators, pillagers, ransackers, bombers, busters, killers, executioners, iconoclasts, natural disasters, ruiners, obliterators, defacers, graffiti artists, breakers, tithe proctors, tithingmen … more
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