decimate
Example Sentences
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The rapper’s overhaul of the dwelling saw it reduced to little more than a concrete shell, decimating almost all of Ando’s original design—and leaving design lovers up in arms over its destruction.
From MarketWatch
The government is set to spend £500m on youth services in England, saying the money is needed to revive the "decimated" sector.
From BBC
A tally of once-common British birds, Mr. Nicolson writes, “reads like a list of regiments decimated in battle.”
Their resistance, from a population harassed, exhausted, decimated but standing tall, is unmatched.
But staffing at the offices was decimated, according to sworn court declarations by DHS officials.
From Los Angeles Times
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