Term: decimation: destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: monobasic acid: an acid containing only one replaceable hydrogen atom per molecule
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: overdrive: the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: metharbital: anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: gas heater: a heater that burns gas for heat
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: timber hitch: a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: genus archaeopteryx: a genus of fossil birds
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: bustard: large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: general: the head of a religious order or congregation
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: scopes trial: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: deco: a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production