decimations - Definition and Meaning

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(noun)

definitions

the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species

examples

our growing hunger for fish has resulted in the decimation of fish stocks

the decimation of our rainforests

(noun)

definitions

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)