decimate

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Software stocks dropped on Friday after digital-payments company Block announced it is slashing more than 4,000 employees — further fueling fears that artificial intelligence could decimate employee head counts and hurt demand for software.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

The departures could decimate an office already struggling to deal with the surge in immigration enforcement, said B. Todd Jones, a former U.S. attorney for Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

“Exempting a broad swath of development with no consideration of habitat for imperiled species will decimate the state’s natural heritage and unique biodiversity,” said Frances Tinney, an attorney with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

Generalist creatures, those that can thrive in a variety of environments, will most easily adapt to city life and may go on to decimate native species.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

Where authorities disagree, I’ve tried to weigh the best evidence and make decisions that reflect what thoughtful, literate people consider good English. decimate.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner