decimated

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He has inherited a squad decimated by injuries and stripped of all confidence.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

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 blackouts and lack of jet fuel have decimated tourism, a key source of revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Though Prague made it through World War II relatively unscathed, its ancient Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

"Indeed! With my plague! Half of Europe was decimated by the Black Death, forcing society to evolve! If not for that, you would still be digging for roots, a serf forever bound to your master."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda