decimation in Russian
decimation in Russian is децимация — decimation means the killing or punishing of one person in every ten, usually chosen by lot.
decimation in Russian
децимация
Pronounced: detsimatsiya
(Ancient Rome, strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
What does "decimation" mean?
- noun The killing or punishing of one person in every ten, usually chosen by lot.
- noun The killing or destroying of a large part of a group of people.
- noun A tithe or the act of tithing.
- noun (computing) The making of a new list that keeps only every nth item from the original list.
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What is "decimation" in Russian?
"decimation" in Russian is децимация. decimation means: The killing or punishing of one person in every ten, usually chosen by lot.
How do you pronounce децимация?
"decimation" in Russian is децимация, pronounced "detsimatsiya".
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