decimated

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Wherever she is deployed, she will be a constant menace to a backline that has been decimated by injury.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The 160-acre parcel, in the parched, south-central San Luis Valley of Colorado, had been decimated by drought and overdrawn water rights and was no longer viable for farming crops or livestock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

In theory, a similar arrangement is possible with a decimated, chastened regime in Tehran.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

In late 2022, the H5N1 bird flu virus decimated southern elephant seal populations in South America and several sub-Antarctic Islands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Population decimated, no possible ally to turn to for aid.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins