(starke) verringerung

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decimation
The killing or destruction of a large portion of a population
A digital signal processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal
The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of the original sequence
{n} the act of taking the tenth
A tithing
{i} giving of a tenth, giving of a tithe (Archaic); total destruction; killing
A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment
destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war