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

It was about a chimp and the decimation of his habitat.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

She is one of nine players from outside California witnessing the decimation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

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

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

To get a better sense of the decimation, McAuliffe looked at the Authentic Osage Indian Roll Book, which cites the deaths of many of the original allotted members of the tribe.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann