| It is debatable whether decimation be a convenient mode of military execution. |
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| The party started a consultation with its grass roots last night in a bid to rebuild itself following its decimation in the general election. |
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| The cohesiveness and courage of the defense, despite the decimation of the command and control system, has been a revelation. |
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| He believes that despite the decimation in technology stocks, there are still lots of opportunities for investors. |
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| Mack says he was jolted when his subjects reported receiving telepathic warnings about man's decimation of natural resources. |
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| In 1853 Perry was greeted with an earthquake centered right in the city, causing further decimation. |
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| Economic collapse, with the resultant decimation of health and social care, has led to the explosive increase in the number of TB cases. |
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| Caribbean civilization, as we know it today, began with the brutal decimation of the first peoples and the establishment of sugar plantations. |
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| A mechanical shovel was used to load lorries resulting in the decimation of the surface. |
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| They say their ongoing dispute is no longer just about pay but also about preventing the decimation of Britain's fire service. |
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| The novel's plot describes the decimation of masculine culture necessary for women to create a non-patriarchal utopian society. |
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| It seemed to those who watched the movement that nothing could save this company from decimation. |
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| Today I read that we are facing the biggest decimation of species in the history of the planet. |
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| It's about traumatic brain injury and the total decimation of self and selfhood. |
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| The idea that ruination and decimation of the peasants could promote industrialisation of the country is too absurd in itself. |
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| Australia's winter crops, slashed by half in 2002, face decimation once again. |
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| The most affecting scenes in the novel are those depicting the decimation wrought by this plague-like contagion. |
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| They are better suited to the decimation and enfeeblement of vulnerable civilians than to destroying promptly an enemy's military units. |
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| What I'm saying here is that we need to do something akin to a strategic decimation for mutineers. |
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| This produced numerous field executions and the frequent use of decimation against undisciplined units. |
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| As our President has reminded us often, we cannot stand idly by and let the decimation of human and Charter rights for these women continue. |
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| In the exhibition book, the author discreetly touches on the decimation of the Marquesan population that followed contacts with European travelers. |
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| The initial 20 closures were the thin end of the wedge that would lead to the decimation of British coal mining. |
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| This was not the decimation – which literally means one-in-ten – of Irish society, it was far worse than that. |
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| This is unfortunate when the biggest problem is the decimation of the Gulf's infrastructure. |
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| In this situation, clearly the risk is somewhat greater, because we've already brought it to the potential of complete and utter decimation. |
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| The Crown of Thorns starfish near Australia was once responsible for the decimation of coral reefs. |
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| For these realizations, the decimation process is still incomplete, or a quantum jump has occurred, due to cavity relaxation. |
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| We must not and cannot accept that the decimation of public services is inevitable. |
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| In Canada, these two species were responsible for the decimation of the formerly enormous seabird colony at Langara Island in British Columbia. |
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| Biologists began to notice the rapid decline of the remaining native species in our forests and looked for solutions that would protect them from further decimation. |
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| None of the revenue from permits is invested in research for Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease, which causes widespread decimation in wild Australian cockatoos and parrots. |
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| But the site has seen little of the decimation from heavy tourism that has plagued the northern pyramids of Giza in Egypt. |
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| In Texas, the grave consequences of the decimation of state family-planning funds in 2011 are already evident. |
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| It is a direct response to the decimation of once sustainable agrarian economies, and to the hopelessness presented by Third World urban economies. |
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| As a result of the decimation in the populace the value of the working class increased, and commoners came to enjoy more freedom. |
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| The single greatest cause of the decimation of native populations was infectious disease. |
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| The first is that the management measures adopted by NAFO have been generally insufficient to prevent stock decimation or to initiate any effective recovery regime. |
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| Come on, North Tyneside councillors, get your act together and stop this Arriva takeover and decimation to our buses and our social activities. |
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| Commissioned in 1968, the Petitcodiac causeway in Riverview resulted in the decimation of the anadromous fish species, interrupted navigation and nearly eliminated the once famous Petitcodiac tidal bore. |
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| Canada is culpable in the decimation of species across the world. |
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| It was that misguided ideology of soft power that resulted in the decade of darkness and decimation that the Canadian Forces underwent at the hands of the party opposite. |
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| The mayor and cabinet have not moved, despite being given an alternative budget AND having a nil cost independent consultation report of library improvements from before the whole decimation process began. |
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| The rehearsals, portentous theme tunes, garish computer graphics, live links and guests had not prepared for such an SNP tsunami and the decimation of the Liberal Democrats. |
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| At the same time, smelter fluoride emissions in the first two decades of operation were blamed for forest decimation, aquatic habitat damage and workers' health problems locally. |
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| Governance itself may be threatened by decimation. |
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