decimation
Example Sentences
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Amid the decimation of many other local retail businesses, one could take over storefronts in heavily trafficked areas for cheap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
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
“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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
