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decimation
This term carries a heavy, catastrophic weight, evoking images of systemic collapse or widespread slaughter. While often used in modern contexts to describe any severe reduction in number, it retains a clinical, cold quality that suggests a process of elimination rather than a random accident.
Historically, the word refers to a specific Roman military discipline where a lottery determined which soldier in a group of ten would be executed. Because of this origin, the word technically implies a ten percent loss, though in contemporary usage, it is almost always used hyperbolically to mean the near-total destruction of a group.
Ý nghĩa
The act of killing or destroying a large percentage of a population or group.
The decimation of the honeybee population has alarmed ecologists.
Ví dụ
The plague led to the decimation of the city population within months.
The forest fire caused the decimation of the local wildlife.
I cannot believe the decimation of these ancient archives by the flood.
The general ordered the decimation of the cowardly legion.
Imagine the terror of a soldier facing decimation by his own comrades.
The sudden economic crash resulted in the decimation of middle class savings.
The alien fleet began the decimation of the planetary colonies.
We are witnessing the decimation of a species due to habitat loss.