After that decision the party suffered massive defections, particularly from younger workers.

In June 2004, Steve banned both users, causing a boycott, a massive defection of users, and eventually, the closure of netslaves.com.

They feared massive defection from the African American self-designation.

In fact, in the decades following the New Deal unions were much more likely to encounter massive defections by Democrats than routine deference.

The Syrian authorities reported massive defections and surrenders in the rebels ranks.

In the early eighties there was a massive defection of Social Realist Pop to the cause of black music.

The forces of Santa Fe refused to fight for the unitarians, and massive defection reduced López's armies from 2.500 men to 500.

However, the party collapsed in 1978 due to massive defections to the Democratic Action Party (DAP).

The news media, very senior politicians in the opposition, said we would have massive defections.

They also reported that there were "massive" defections at the local pro-Gaddafi military base in Ra's Lanuf.