decimate

If you go down the road of the Commission or some in this House, then you will decimate those postal services and we will be slated by the people for that action, and rightly so.
Suivre l'avis de la Commission et de certains membres de cette Assemblée, c'est signer la fin de ces services postaux et nous exposer à la foudre de la population, qui aura raison de réagir de la sorte.
He said that if his opponent becomes president, he will decimate the labor movement.
Il a dit que si son adversaire devient président, il va décimer le mouvement ouvrier.
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