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Example sentences for: decimated

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Six million Poles lost their lives during World War II, and the Jewish population was decimated, reduced from 3 million to just a couple thousand.
After the entire area has decimated itself, some compliant commander in chief has to be in place to send in the troops to secure the oil if it's not too radioactive.
The city streets are being decimated,' by illegal dumpers, DiClaudio told the judge.
The industry was decimated by the loss of many Jewish families who ran the major diamond houses, but a slow recovery ensured its survival.
Leaving behind only two men, the Somers party resumed their journey westward and finally landed at Jamestown, only to be greeted by a shock: illness, starvation, and Indian attacks had drastically decimated the colony.