Decimated example sentences

Related (7): destroyed, annihilated, devastated, obliterated, ravaged, slaughtered, exterminated

dec·i·mate

verb

decimated (past tense) · decimated (past participle)

  - kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of:

  - drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something):

  - kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group:

Synonyms

eliminate, remove, suppress, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, extirpate, obliterate, kill, liquidate, abolish, extinguish, quash, erase, efface, excise, expunge, uproot, zap, deracinate

"Decimated" Example Sentences


1. The hurricane decimated the coastal town.
2. The army decimated the enemy forces.
3. The plague decimated three-quarters of the city's population.
4. The forest fire decimated acres of trees.
5. Decades of erosion had decimated the stone archway.
6. The floods decimated crops across the region.
7. The economic crisis decimated local businesses.
8. The pesticide decimated the bee population.
9. Decades of logging and mining had decimated the once-dense forest.
10. The blast decimated several buildings in the city center.
11. The epidemic decimated the small, isolated community.
12. The blight decimated the vineyard's grapevines.
13. The disease has decimated the animal population.
14. The rivals decimated the opposing army.
15. The stock market crash decimated retirement funds.
16. The wildfire decimated over 200 homes.
17. The harsh winter decimated livestock herds.
18. The industrial pollution decimated aquatic plant and animal life.
19. The poachers decimated rhino populations across Africa.
20. The competitors decimated each other during the fierce debate.

Common Phases


1. Was decimated by
2. Had been decimated
3. Completely decimated
4. Nearly decimated
5. Almost decimated
6. Totally decimated
7. Virtually decimated
8. Utterly decimated
9. Seriously decimated
10. Severely decimated

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