decimationnoun [ U ]
/ˌdes.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən//ˌdes.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/the act of killing a something in large numbers, or reducing something severely:
the virtual decimation of the population through influenza
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- killer
- life-threatening
- malignant
- misery
- mortally
- put sth down 1
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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