decimate

Opponents say the sharp reduction or elimination of property taxes would decimate funding for key areas, including education, public safety and infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

He also called concerns that AI will decimate jobs worldwide "complete nonsense".

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Investors have also been piling into bond markets on fears that AI advances will decimate the job market, while hotter-than-expected producer prices have clouded hopes for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

Critics of the plans say the changes will decimate the Samaritans' work in local communities and have accused the charity's leadership of repeatedly ignoring requests to provide the rationale for the plans.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

She didn’t need to decimate them, all she needed to do was disarm them and keep them off balance.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has pushed many larger mammals to local or even global extinction.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

“We can eradicate this insidious disease that decimates communities and extinguishes lives far too soon.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

Of the 10 current members, Colorado is the only school the Pac-12 can lose in the realignment game without triggering either mass panic or a rush to the door that decimates the league.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

After the American army decimates the forces on Lubang Island, Onoda becomes the leader of a group of four remaining soldiers.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

They also procured, with much difficulty and at a high price, a quantity of lemons, for preventing or curing the scurvy, that terrible disease which decimates crews in the icy regions.

From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Jules Verne

Almost 250 people died, while vineyards, orange groves and plots used to grow Albufera rice, an essential paella ingredient, were decimated.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The floods - which decimated parts of Nepal on Wednesday and have left at least 2,426 people missing - saw the school building buried under mud and debris.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

I did, I tell him, but I’m worried we’re not too far off from a decimated world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

This deadly strain of bird flu has already decimated wild bird and mammal populations worldwide.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Plus, you pretty much decimated their chances of winning, so, you know. Thank you.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Dissent got louder after the twin quakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24, killing over 6,000 people and decimating hundreds of buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

But that goal isn’t served by decimating one company and hobbling the other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

"He was very good at just decimating your ability to make your own decisions and have your own autonomy. And it made you more and more dependent on him," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Following a string of already tumultuous years, restaurants in Boyle Heights watch the skies for signs of hope during a weeklong warehouse fire that’s decimating business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Smallpox, measles, influenza, typhus, bubonic plague, and other infectious diseases endemic in Europe played a decisive role in European conquests, by decimating many peoples on other continents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond