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In natural English speech, "decimation" appears in contexts such as: "do something about disease has occurred, there has been a rather dramatic uh uh protection against the unavoidable decimation of disease, but mostly in the developed world. And the thing that I see even now as an answer to your question is that". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/

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do something about disease has occurred, there has been a rather dramatic uh uh protection against the unavoidable

decimation of disease, but mostly in the developed world.

And the thing that I see even now as an answer to your question is that

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noun

The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.

“By decimation and a tythed death; / If thy Reuenges hunger for that Food, / Which Nature loathes, take thou the deſtin'd tenth, […]”

Synonyms:tithing

noun

The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.

“And the vvhole Army had cauſe to enquire into their own Rebellions, vvhen they ſavv the Lord of Hoſts, vvith a dreadful Decimation, taking off ſo many of our Brethren by the vvorſt of Executioners.”

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