decimations
Severe population reductions
Decimations is the plural of decimation, referring to multiple instances of severe destruction or drastic reduction.
The original Roman military punishment killed one in ten soldiers, but modern usage has shifted to mean near-total devastation: The decimations of local economies left entire regions struggling.
The word now typically implies catastrophic loss rather than a precise ten percent.
Utter, complete destruction
- slaughterKilling for meat
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- carnageWidespread violent death
- destructionAct of completely ruining
casualties · losses · defeats · routs · bloodbaths · obliterations · conquests · exterminations
Acts of using up
- diminishmentsActs of making smaller
- reductionsActs of lessening
- erosionsGradual wearing processes
- eliminationsActs of removing
cutbacks · downsizings · layoffs · purges · cullings · contractions · shrinkages · losses
Removal of forest cover
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- species lossDisappearance of organism types
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
poaching · extinctions · clearances · degradation · coral bleaching · rainforest · wildlife · ecosystems
Widespread disease outbreaks
- plaguesMass outbreaks of disease
- faminesExtreme widespread food shortages
- pandemicsDiseases spanning whole continents
- outbreaksSudden widespread occurrences
collapses · extinctions · die-offs · catastrophes · mortality · depopulation · Black Death · cholera
annihilation
Utter, complete destruction
destruction · casualties · losses · defeats · routs · bloodbaths · obliterations · conquests · exterminations · devastations
depletions
Acts of using up
- diminishmentsActs of making smaller
- reductionsActs of lessening
- erosionsGradual wearing processes
eliminations · cutbacks · downsizings · layoffs · purges · cullings · contractions · shrinkages · losses · attrition
deforestations
Removal of forest cover
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- species lossDisappearance of organism types
overfishing · poaching · extinctions · clearances · degradation · coral bleaching · rainforest · wildlife · ecosystems · environmental
epidemics
Widespread disease outbreaks
- plaguesMass outbreaks of disease
- faminesExtreme widespread food shortages
- pandemicsDiseases spanning whole continents
outbreaks · collapses · extinctions · die-offs · catastrophes · mortality · depopulation · Black Death · cholera · smallpox
decimationspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
conservations · protections · salvations · rescues · defenses
decimationsmultiplications
Arithmetic scaling operations
proliferations · expansions · increases · augmentations · growths
decimationsrestorations
Acts of renewing condition
reconstructions · revivals · regenerations · repopulations · renewals