The death or destruction of one person or thing in every ten. Occasionally also: the death or destruction of nine in every ten people or things. Cf…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > execution of one in ten (2) tithing?a1475 The death or destruction of one person or thing in every ten. Occasionally also: the death or destruction of nine in every ten people or things. Cf… decimation1579 Chiefly Roman History. With reference to military punishment: the selection by lot of every tenth man to be put to death, typically as a punitive… |
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