decimated

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The moves, ostensibly to reduce corruption in the military’s ranks, leave the top tier of Xi’s armed services, which haven’t engaged in combat for nearly half a century, decimated and demoralized.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Since 2022, when land movement started to pick up, the city has spent about $61 million on landslide mitigation, which Mihranian said has decimated its capital improvement budget.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“That a name evocative of Disneyland has been applied to a depopulated, decimated swath of Ukrainian coal-and-steel country could appear jarring as Europe’s deadliest fighting since World War II continues to rage,” they wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters this week that Iran’s missile program is “functionally destroyed” with launchers and missiles “depleted and decimated and almost completely ineffective.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Spirit Lake, decimated by the avalanche, blast, and debris field, was initially unrecognizable to those who had known it before the eruption.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone