The Decimation

Burning passions over Donald Trump's presidency are taking a personal toll on both sides of the political divide. For Gayle McCormick, it is particularly wrenching: she has separated from her husband of 22 years.

The retired California prison guard, a self-described "Democrat leaning toward socialist," was stunned when her husband casually mentioned during a lunch with friends last year that he planned to vote for Trump – a revelation she described as a "deal breaker."

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de·ci·ma·tion
ˌdesəˈmāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: decimation; plural noun: decimations

1.
the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species.
"our growing hunger for fish has resulted in the decimation of fish stocks"
a drastic reduction in the strength or effectiveness of something.
"we need to halt the decimation of this country's manufacturing base"
2.
historical
the killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group (originally with reference to a mutinous Roman legion).