| NOUN | act | decimation | destroying or killing a large / large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
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| Sounds | deh'sahmey.shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2525 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Destroying or killing a large / large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot). | |
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| Broader | destruction, devastation | The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| Verbs | decimate | kill / kill / kill in large numbers |