decimated

adjective

dec·i·mat·ed ˈde-sə-ˌmā-təd

: drastically reduced especially in number

… the decimated population of Atlantic salmon that once gamboled in dozens of rivers in the northeastern United States …—

Pete Bodo

A denuded forest may one day regrow; the decimated culture that called it home sadly will not.—

Stephen Messenger

: destroyed or significantly harmed

… its dusty streets, scattered with burned out vehicles and flanked on either side by decimated buildings.—

Jay Akbar

Many workers may want to delay retirement to replenish decimated 401(k) portfolios …—

Emily Brandon

Can we take as governor a man who'd give $46 million in public money to a bottling lobby, instead of using it to salvage decimated public programs?—

David Nyhan

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The Dodgers’ lineup wasn’t as decimated as their rotation, but Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez were the only everyday players to appear in at least 150 games. —

Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 Haynes says his mother’s home overlooks the heavily decimated River Arts District, a beloved creative beehive of studios and galleries along the ancient French Broad River. —

Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024 The 19th-century lions may have been unable to find buffalo because of rinderpest, a disease that spread through the area in the 1890s and decimated cattle and buffalo populations. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024 The emergency response has been hampered by hundreds of decimated roads and downed bridges and complicated by lingering communication outages. —

Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for decimated