How to Use decimated in a Sentence

decimated

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And this was arguably the Heat’s worst loss of the season, considering the decimated competition.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• Those from decimated kibbutzim in southern Israel don’t have homes to return to.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But as Fetterman showed us on a drive, other parts of Pennsylvania's Rust Belt remain decimated.
  — CBS News, 24 Jan. 2021
• Police cars, concrete barriers, and handwritten signs mark the outline of the decimated areas.
  — Jack Kiyonaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• While some later featured a note from X’s decimated community fact-checking system, many more remained untouched.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024