decimate

Example Sentences

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In Tudor's defence, he took over a shell-shocked and struggling squad decimated by injuries and stripped of confidence.

From BBC

Ukraine, whose conventional navy, like Iran’s, has been largely destroyed, has used naval drones to target Russian warships, decimating the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

Wherever she is deployed, she will be a constant menace to a backline that has been decimated by injury.

From BBC

BERLIN—After strikes that decimated much of Iran’s leadership, the country’s top diplomat has become the chief messenger of a regime that says it won’t negotiate.

From The Wall Street Journal