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    decimation
    /ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃn/

    noun

    • 1. the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species: "our growing hunger for fish has resulted in the decimation of fish stocks"
    • 2. the killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group (originally with reference to a mutinous Roman legion). historical

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