decimation
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Is decimation a Scrabble word?
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noun (English)
1. (Ancient Rome, strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.Examples: "By decimation and a tythed death; / If thy Reuenges hunger for that Food, / Which Nature loathes, take thou the deſtin'd tenth, […]"Synonyms: tithingAncient-Romecountableuncountable
2. (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.Examples: "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."; "General Secretary Mick Lynch said: "It is crystal clear that the planned cutbacks on ScotRail and SWR are just the tip of the iceberg, as cynical employers use the cloak of COVID-19 to smuggle through the decimation of jobs and services on Britain's railways."countableuncountable
3. (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.countableuncountable
4. (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.countableuncountable
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