decimation
Example Sentences
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Even with this decimation of environmental regulations, America’s largest cities are unlikely to regularly find themselves on the most-polluted lists.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
Food and Agriculture Organization as part of its decimation of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
What is beyond doubt is the decimation of a family who have been a source of fascination and speculation in their native Norway and far beyond.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025
She is one of nine players from outside California witnessing the decimation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
Thirdly, mass extinctions akin to the archetypal Australian decimation occurred again and again in the ensuing millennia—whenever people settled another part of the Outer World.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
