• We cannot afford as a country the decimation of our investments in education and innovation and infrastructure.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • He said that a failure to learn the lessons of the dispute would result in the "decimation" of the community pharmacy network.

    BBC: Health Committee

  • As a testament to this finding, we document the decimation of online credit-card financed counterfeit software sales due to a focused eradication effort.

    FORBES: Generic Viagra Industry Is Pro-Choice In Payments

  • The last season of the series, titled "Torchwood: Children of Earth, " was broadcast in 2009, and the storyline followed the decimation of Capt.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The second was what she called the "decimation" of the ICU when four of the five consultants were arrested and the fifth fled the country.

    BBC: Bahrain sickle cell death rise causes concern

  • It's a short message informing her that the item she is about to purchase contains compounds that are linked to the decimation of coral reefs.

    FORBES

  • During the crisis, as well as the decimation of livestock farming, British tourism was badly affected, with foreign visitors put off by images of burning pyres of carcasses.

    BBC: Foot and mouth rules set to be eased

  • "We do want to see cod recover but there is little point in doing so if this leads to the decimation of the fishing fleet, " the minister commented.

    BBC: December Fisheries Council Meeting

  • When the production of Skyfall called for the complete decimation of a classic 1960s era Aston Martin DB5, filmmakers opted for something a little more lifelike than computer graphics.

    ENGADGET: Voxeljet 3D printer used to produce Skyfall's Aston Martin stunt double

  • The slaughter of rhino, the decimation of elephant, the forlorn last stand of the tiger - all had their profiles raised as the delegates in Bangkok negotiated their fate.

    BBC: Why such a fuss about extinction?

  • Shark fin is a particularly sorry example of the wanton decimation of ocean life feeding more indulgent tastes (see also bluefin tuna) as well as for more basic diets.

    FORBES: Side Lines

  • Organizations like Sea Shepherd, Greenpeace, The International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Humane Society and -- yes -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals all campaign in various ways to stop the decimation of whales and other intelligent creatures of the sea.

    CNN: Free the killer whale

  • Mr. Obama, by contrast, would have us believe that the problem in notonly just al Qaeda but that that threat is pretty much a thing of the past, thanks to bin Laden's elimination and the decimation primarily by drone strikes of others among its leadership and rank and file.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Wanted: A Competent Commander-In-Chief

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