decimate
Example Sentences
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Ukraine, whose conventional navy, like Iran’s, has been largely destroyed, has used naval drones to target Russian warships, decimating the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
He has inherited a squad decimated by injuries and stripped of all confidence.
From BBC
Wherever she is deployed, she will be a constant menace to a backline that has been decimated by injury.
From BBC
BERLIN—After strikes that decimated much of Iran’s leadership, the country’s top diplomat has become the chief messenger of a regime that says it won’t negotiate.
The blackouts and lack of jet fuel have decimated tourism, a key source of revenue.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
