The piecemeal removal or scaling back of something (especially political opposition); a gradual attack on an opposing position, group, etc.
Origin
, coined by Hungarian communist Mátyás Rákosi to describe the method, "cutting them off like slices of salami", by which the Hungarian Communist Party dealt with political opponents under his leadership.
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