decimation in Finnish
decimation in Finnish
desimaatio
(Ancient Rome, strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
joukkosurma
(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
joukkotuho
(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
desimointi
(mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.