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decimated
[ des-uh-mey-tid ]
adjective
- greatly reduced in number or amount, or having suffered great loss or harm:
The nonprofit agency has been struggling with a decimated staff and limited resources.
After the massive earthquake, the only way to reach the decimated villages was by helicopter.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of decimate ( def ).
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of decimated1
Example Sentences
"I've seen UK manufacturing decimated and the same has happened in America so he's looking after his own, which is exactly what it says on the tin with Trump," she said.
"I've seen UK manufacturing decimated and the same has happened in America so he's looking after his own which is exactly what it says on the tin with Trump."
The Waimaha, whose culture was nearly decimated by rubber tappers and missionaries, for example, make Parry sleep away from them until he has gained their trust.
What makes the situation in the Saya de Malha Bank even more urgent is that it’s being systematically decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships that virtually no one tracks or polices.
Cuts already have decimated the department’s ability to fund, evaluate and disseminate research.
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