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The industry was decimated by the loss of many Jewish families who ran the major diamond houses, but a slow recovery ensured its survival.
These old stamping grounds of the Huron Indians (until they were decimated by Iroquois warriors and European disease) are now a popular weekend and summer destination for the families of Toronto professionals.
This somehow allowed the plants to resist adverse weather conditions and even the grape plague, phylloxera, that decimated vines all over Europe in the second half of the 19th century.
The city streets are being decimated,' by illegal dumpers, DiClaudio told the judge.