| Yet both dam projects would decimate the very scrubland the lynx depends on. |
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| And next time you're pulling out to decimate a 1 Series BMW with a lairy bodykit, just remember to check the plates. |
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| Most irritating were the German rocket launchers, which miraculously decimate infantry and armour alike with impunity. |
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| The Russians could not be allowed, in putting the mutiny down, to decimate the force on which the plotters planned to rely. |
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| Our largest fear is the reduction in transfer agreement payments, which would decimate our economy. |
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| The species is also known for its ability to decimate populations of small vertebrates in the habitats it colonizes. |
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| Imported terrapins could also bring diseases that would decimate the wild populations in America. |
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| They have said that the terrorists' objectives could decimate these crossings and our economy and our safety. |
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| Does it decimate their communities when global markets for fur products shut? |
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| Cuts decimate our ability to do innovative work and to be there in stable relationships with the very group we are trying to support. |
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| We are talking about an issue that has the potential to decimate other parts of the country as well. |
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| Drought and disease can decimate no less mercilessly than the weapons of war. |
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| Nearly 2,000 dead would decimate their ranks between the assault on Vimy Ridge and Armistice. |
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| Kenya's pastoralists depend on cattle, but frequent droughts decimate herds and livelihoods. |
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| Without proper governmental participation, however, local control can amount to a license to decimate marginal forests. |
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| The George Morris Centre report maintains that supply management would decimate both the beef and pork industries. |
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| George W. Bush claimed a mandate after 2004, and then promptly saw Democrats decimate his proposal to privatize Social Security. |
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| Only last month the government announced the biggest spending cuts in more than a decade that will decimate the public services on which thousands rely. |
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| And, from the south, chronic wasting disease is poised to decimate the elk herds. |
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| When we decimate the funding for hospital preparedness, we put ourselves in great peril. |
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| One set of officials advocated for a campaign to decimate ISIS in both countries by striking ISIS targets across Syria. |
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| Many of the island's great stands of trees have been felled, and Indonesian loggers continue to decimate an area half the size of Switzerland each year. |
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| To decimate the malformation, destroying the offending oil gland once it morphs into something with a head. |
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| In the other locker room, Carmelo Anthony was opining that a Denver victory would so decimate the Wolves that the entire franchise would go out of business. |
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| Species that sharks devour, like seals, for example, would overpopulate and in turn decimate other species, like salmon. |
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| What they seek, in any case, is to decimate the population so that it accepts any decision that is the product of terror and of military, technological and numerical force. |
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| A decimate tool allows us to obtain a more coarse-grained view of the data over the full n-dimensional space. |
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| However, many times it is more practical to decimate existing high-res models because of time, money or manpower issues. |
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| I don't remember reading in the party's platform anywhere that you had decided to decimate the nest egg of hundreds of thousands of senior Canadians. |
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| Free expression and press freedom are constantly violated in Uzbekistan, and a new crackdown would decimate the country's already embattled journalistic community. |
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| Mr. Reed Elley: Just on this point, Mr. Chairman, what you have really asked of DFO is that they initiate an environmental impact study on the fishery to see whether or not this quarry's operations would decimate the fishery. |
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| Without committed investment in control and monitoring, the North Sea will be a potential free-for-all, which could decimate stocks further and kill off fragile fisheries-dependent communities. |
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| Conversely, a company who wants to tarnish its reputation, decimate its clientele and stave off all potential clients needs only to make cuts in its quality control system. |
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| Most serious of the elm pests is the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola, which can decimate foliage, although rarely with fatal results. |
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| This was followed by a last effort by the settlers to decimate the Powhatan. |
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| It can also destroy wetlands and decimate biodiversity. |
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| Shall we decimate them? That sounds good, nice word. Remove one-tenth of the population! |
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| An AIDS pandemic that threatens to decimate Africa: In 2000 alone, 2.4 million people died of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 12 million children have been orphaned by a pandemic that is driven by poverty. |
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| Given this initial fine mesh, we smooth and decimate it to a desired mesh resolution. |
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| Instead we must decimate the mid-level leadership ISIS relies on. |
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| That was the war-cry issued this month by Queen Rania of Jordan as part of an effort to marshal public and private funds for the fight against diseases that decimate youngsters in avoidable ways. |
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