decimate
Example Sentences
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed scepticism over whether Russia really wants to end the war, which has killed tens of thousands and decimated eastern and southern Ukraine.
From Barron's
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
