[{"word":"decimation","phonetic":"/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A tithe or the act of tithing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["tithing","tithe"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decimation"]}]