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decimation

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See: aberemurder, catastrophe, destruction, killing

DECIMATION. The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the Romans, called decimation.



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This was put together by the North Superior Training Boards, in response to the decimation of northwestern Ontario communities as a result of the depression in the forestry industry.
This is usually followed by layoffs, buyouts and a decimation of the unique value of the original organization.
One, from the Associated Press, tells of the literal decimation of the city of Stillmore, Ga.
 
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