How to Use decimated in a Sentence
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The video shows officers struggling to free the suspect from the decimated car as smoke blows out of the engine bay.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 29 June 2023
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Since then, the sides have fought a grinding war for incremental gains around the decimated city of Bakhmut and elsewhere.
—Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
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Batel is trapped on the surface with her crew and some of the other colonists; Chapel is stranded on the decimated remains of Batel’s ship, the Cayuga.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
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What’s good about this is up until now, because Cleveland police are so decimated, there was no pushback on the Kia.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
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All of West Maui will be open, except for Lahaina Town, the most decimated area, which will remain off-limits until further notice.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2023
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And this was arguably the Heat’s worst loss of the season, considering the decimated competition.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
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Those from decimated kibbutzim in southern Israel don’t have homes to return to.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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By the afternoon, as the group drove through neighborhoods not far from Lahaina's iconic and decimated Front Street, her car was completely empty.
—USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
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The arrival of the elevated roadway sparked white flight and decimated business for the theater, which eventually opened to Black patrons.
—Holly Haber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
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The Lakers’ play-in game Tuesday night against the decimated and distracted Minnesota Timberwolves should have been a bold first step into a bright postseason.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
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But as Fetterman showed us on a drive, other parts of Pennsylvania's Rust Belt remain decimated.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2021
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Police cars, concrete barriers, and handwritten signs mark the outline of the decimated areas.
—Jack Kiyonaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2023
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Israeli officials have asked the military to draw up an evacuation plan, but many question where there is left for people to go in the decimated Palestinian enclave.
—NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
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Democratic lawmakers have called for Biden to prioritize the safety of Palestinians amid the conflict, which has killed thousands and decimated Gaza.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
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Winning in litigation came at such great cost: not just the legal fees, but the human relationships and emotions left decimated in litigation’s wake.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
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Ultimately, one of the Brigade’s decimated battalions was destroyed in a defensive action, while the other defended Fort Botzer through the end of hostilities.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2023
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The banyan tree remains standing, appearing to have withstood the flames, ash covering its gnarly branches and multiple trunks, against a backdrop of rubble and items charred beyond recognition, according to accounts from the decimated town.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
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While some later featured a note from X’s decimated community fact-checking system, many more remained untouched.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
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Ukraine ordered the complete withdrawal from the decimated city of Avdiivka before dawn on Saturday, surrendering a position that had been a military stronghold for the better part of a decade, in the face of withering Russian assault.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
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The governor also addressed concerns about potential developers swooping in and buying up land in the decimated areas.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
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As crews in Mississippi continue to dig through decimated neighborhoods in the aftermath of a deadly tornado, weather officials released preliminary information on the powerful storm early Sunday.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2023
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Humanitarian relief groups will probably be the only entities providing basic necessities in a decimated landscape that will require decades of rebuilding.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
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