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decimation

[des-uh-mey-shuhn] / ˌdɛs əˈmeɪ ʃən /










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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

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 • Aug. 11, 2025

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

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