decimation

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“If we do a 99% decimation, that’s no good,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

In the 1990s, the unintentional decimation of the vulture populations in India led to an increased awareness of their role in human health.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Finally, Roberts was forced to juggle all these potential implosions with the constant decimation of his starting rotation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

The destructive and life-threatening fires have caused near-total decimation of the Pacific Palisades.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 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