decimation
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Even with this decimation of environmental regulations, America’s largest cities are unlikely to regularly find themselves on the most-polluted lists.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
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
Food and Agriculture Organization as part of its decimation of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
Hawaii's Native population also similarly faced cultural decimation and social and economic marginalization as Puerto Rico after the U.S. staged a coup in 1893 against the sovereign country and annexed Hawaii in 1898.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 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
