decimated
Example Sentences
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The blackouts and lack of jet fuel have decimated tourism, a key source of revenue.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
Though Prague made it through World War II relatively unscathed, its ancient Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust.
In theory, a similar arrangement is possible with a decimated, chastened regime in Tehran.
From Los Angeles Times
“They are decimated for a 10-year period before they could build it back,” referring to Iran’s nuclear program.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
