Synonyms for decimation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : des-uh-meyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs əˌmeɪt

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Définition of decimation

Origin : mid-15c., from Late Latin decimationem (nominative decimatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin decimare "the removal or destruction of one-tenth," from decem "ten" (see ten). Earliest sense in English was of a tithe; punishment sense is from 1580s; transferred sense of "much destruction, severe loss" recorded from 1680s.

As in massacre : noun killing of many
As in annihilation : noun utter destruction.
As in butchery : noun massacre
As in extermination : noun annihilation
As in extinguishment : noun annihilation
As in pogrom : noun massacre
As in genocide : noun mass extermination
As in apocalypse : noun mass destruction

Example sentences :

They, too, feared another insurrection and a second decimation.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley

Was this the case with even a decimation of the army who rushed to defend Washington?
Extract from : « The Oxford Book of American Essays » by Various

What is our compensation for the decimation of our young men?
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 » by Various

The Texans in their escape and conflicts had lost five men, and Santa Anna demanded the decimation of the rest.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 » by Various

Then the figure-four trap springs up in the hedgerow and the sedge while the work of decimation goes more rapidly along.
Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday

The Shirt-tail battalion and the bluegrass battalion stood in peril of decimation in their maiden engagement.
Extract from : « The Code of the Mountains » by Charles Neville Buck

At last he shall flourish for a little time, but the decimation of Neustria shall hurt him.
Extract from : « Old English Chronicles » by Various

Followed by decimation of tribes by toleration of the whisky trade and the conveyance of loathsome disease.
Extract from : « Shadow and Light » by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

Are no brave soldiers beaten to death with rods when a routed army is punished by decimation?
Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by Frederic W. Farrar

Emigration was, in their eyes, a more tedious and costly process for the decimation of Irish Catholics.
Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various

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