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decimation

N การทำลายล้าง เป็น จำนวนมาก  การสังหาร หมู่  การ ฆ่า ล้างบาง  genocide destruction kan-tham-lai-lang-pen-jam-nuan-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECIMATION

n. 1. A tithing; a selection of every tenth by lot.
2. The selecting by lot for punishment every tenth man, in a company or regiment, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECIMATION

Dec `i *ma "tion, n. Etym: [L. decimatio: cf. F. décimation.]

 

1. A tithing. [Obs. ] State Trials (163 ).

 

2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. Shak.

 

3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. Milman.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

decimation

d è c i m á tion 名詞 U 1 〈病気などが 〉〈人 動物を 〉殺すこと, (自然などの )破壊 .2 (規模の )縮小 .