decimation
Example Sentences
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“If we do a 99% decimation, that’s no good,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Food and Agriculture Organization as part of its decimation of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
It was about a chimp and the decimation of his habitat.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025
The destructive and life-threatening fires have caused near-total decimation of the Pacific Palisades.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
Similar questions arise for the decimation of many other native peoples by Eurasian germs, as well as for the decimation of would-be European conquistadores in the tropics of Africa and Asia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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