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decimation: destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)

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wrack and ruin collapse

devastation collapse: an event that results in total destruction; the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"; the state of being decayed or destroyed

fifth collapse: the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it; a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon; position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"; coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

sixth collapse: the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it; position six in a countable series of things; coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

bloodbath collapse: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

carnage collapse

depredation collapse: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

ruination collapse

havoc collapse: violent and needless disturbance

massacre collapse: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

damnation collapse: the act of damning; the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

tithe collapse: an offering of a tenth part of some personal income; a levy of one tenth of something; pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; "Although she left the church officially, she still tithes"; pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"; levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was tithed"; exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"

spoliation collapse: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

despoliation collapse

undoing collapse: an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

genocide collapse: systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

perdition collapse

shambles collapse: a condition of great disorder

holocaust collapse: an act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

murder collapse: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being; kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

vandalism collapse: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

desolation collapse

disruption collapse: the act of causing disorder

disintegration collapse

consumption collapse: the act of consuming something; the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating); (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

slaughter collapse: the killing of animals (as for food); the savage and excessive killing of many people

breakup collapse

disorganization collapse: the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion; "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack"; a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted

ravage collapse: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"

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