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self-decimation
self-decimation n.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfdɛsᵻˈmeɪʃn/
, /ˌsɛlfdɛsᵻˈmeɪʃn/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌdɛsəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
destruction, ruin, or serious harm (unintentionally) inflicted by a group, community, etc., upon itself./ˌsɛlfˌdɛsəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1922 Glasgow Observer 18 Nov. 6 If Ireland was to be saved from self-decimation.
1971 Ski Oct. 122/1 Nothing seems to stop snowmobilers themselves, even self-decimation.
2011 J. Boice Good & Ghastly 151 Even a thousand years ago in the moments of quiet before man's storm of self-decimation we probably did a lot of the same things we do now.
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