decimate

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An eight-year study of hellbenders living in the cold, rocky rivers of southwestern Virginia has found that male salamanders are increasingly consuming their own young in areas near decimated forests.

From New York Times

Her tenure was upended by COVID-19, when the statewide shutdown in the pandemic’s early days threatened to decimate California’s economy.

From Los Angeles Times

Her pragmatic dealings with Europe have also helped her cause, largely because Italy, whose enormous elderly population was decimated by covid-19, is the single biggest beneficiary of pandemic relief from the European Union.

From Washington Post

New Zealand has set an ambitious goal of eradicating by 2050 all nonnative pests — including feral cats, weasel-like stoats, possums, rats and mice — that have decimated much of its unique fauna.

From Washington Post

The new coach, Jason Hooten, will take over a program decimated by transfers.

From Seattle Times