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What (who) is decimation$19271$ - definition
PUNISHMENT
Decimation (Roman Army); Decimated; Decimatio; Decimation (Roman army)
![Decimation. Etching by [[William Hogarth]] in ''Beaver's Roman Military Punishments'' (1725)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Decimation by William Hogarth (Beaver's Roman Military Punishments, Chapter 4, 1725).jpg?width=200 "Decimation. Etching by [[William Hogarth]] in ''Beaver's Roman Military Punishments'' (1725)")
Decimation (punishment)
Decimation (; decem = "ten") was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort. The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as cowardice, mutiny, desertion, and insubordination, and for pacification of rebellious legions.
Decimated
·Impf & ·p.p. of Decimate.
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Decimate; Decimation (disambiguation)
(decimates, decimating, decimated)
1.
To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers...
VERB: V n
2.
To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.
...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
VERB: V n
Wikipedia
Decimation (punishment)
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Decimation (Latin: decimatio; decem "ten") was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort. The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as cowardice, mutiny, desertion, and insubordination, and for pacification of rebellious legions.
The word decimation is derived from Latin meaning "removal of a tenth". The procedure was an attempt to balance the need to punish serious offences with the realities of managing a large group of offenders.
