The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling
The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
A tithe or the act of tithing.
The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds.
A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
To perform a witch-hunt.