decimated
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Boycotts of U.S. whiskey have decimated a key economic driver for the American South.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Egg producers have blamed a historic avian flu outbreak that decimated the hen population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Dozens of crumbling buildings in Venezuela's decimated earthquake zone bear a spray-painted letter 'D' -- a sign that buries any hope of finding life beneath the rubble.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
She says they learned about the police raids through a Facebook post, which showed their home had been "decimated".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Only after the first Polynesian settlers had exterminated moas and decimated seal populations on New Zealand, and exterminated or decimated seabirds and land birds on other Polynesian islands, did they intensify their food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
