decimation
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Food and Agriculture Organization as part of its decimation of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
“We’ve already seen major consequences from the decimation thus far,” Swain said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by Protect Democracy’s Ian Bassin to try to reconcile our split-screen moment: democracy being seen to be done, and the looming decimation of democracy.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2024
The desire for cattle-supporting land played an integral role in the systematic decimation of bison populations, as well.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
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
