How do I delete multiple (thousands) of redundant Groups of Contacts

Since upgrading to Mountain Lion I have noticed that one of my Groups in Contacts has self-replicated so that there are now several thousands of copies of that one Group. My Contacts are on iCloud. No other Groups nor any Contact records seem to have been duplicated. I have tried deleting the Groups individually but there are so many of them that I don't seem to be having much effect. If anything, it feels like every time I try to delete a Group, more Groups of the same name are being created, but this might just be a bit of paranoia creeping in.
Is there a way to select and delete multiple groups, or even one group in its entirity, all in one go (a bit like shift-selecting)? Shift-selecting, Command-selecting, drag-selecting and so-on don't seem to allow me to select more than one Group simultaneously.

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From Destef_12
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