Decimation (Crossword clue)
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This page shows answers to the clue Decimation, followed by 4 definitions like “Destroying or killing a large part of the population”, “A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment” and “The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war”. A synonym for Decimation is thinning.QUINQUESECTION |
Definitions of “Decimation”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war
• Decimation is the aelection of the tenth man of a corps of soldiers by lot for punishment
• Form of capital punishment inflicted in the Roman army on units which had been guilty of insubordination
• Destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
• (signal processing) In digital signal processing, decimation is the process of reducing the sampling rate of a signal
Synonyms of “Decimation”
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