decimation
Example Sentences
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Food and Agriculture Organization as part of its decimation of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
It has greenlit the decimation of agencies and cabinet departments that Congress created and structured.
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
The 1921 racist massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the resulting decimation of the booming wealth center known as Black Wall Street, aren’t included in elementary and high school textbooks.
From Salon
Violent, often shocking and darkly funny, the book is a picture of the social decay sparked by the decimation of Britain's industrial heartlands.
From BBC
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