HyperDic: decimation

English > 1 sense of the word *decimation*:
NOUN	act	decimation	destroying or killing a large / large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)

decimation > pronunciation
Sounds	deh'sahmey.shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *decimation*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	Destroying or killing a large / large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot).
Broader	destruction, devastation	The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Spanish	diezmamiento
Catalan	delmació
Verbs	decimate	kill / kill / kill in large numbers