decimation
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- n destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
- Demand for jean decimation is growing so fast that International Garment Finish is building a second factory in Mexico.
- The major question facing General Franks now is how long to wait for further ground forces, and for the decimation from a distance of the Republican Guard, before fighting his way .
- The detritus of car bombs and truck bombs, suicide bombers and firefights would be ample documentation of urban decimation if it only were safe for photographers to walk around and .