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The phrase "already been decimated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been significantly reduced or destroyed, often in a dramatic or overwhelming manner.
Example: "The once-thriving forest has already been decimated by the recent wildfires."
Alternatives: "already been devastated" or "already been destroyed".
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They added that the psychiatry department had already been decimated.
I don't hang around; the refreshments have already been decimated.
Which would yield what? Our unions have already been decimated in the private sector; the results are plain.
For salmon that had already been decimated by overfishing in the mid-1800s, the dams presented an immense impediment to restoration and pushed fish populations even closer to the brink.
The figures can be explained by the arrival of poachers from Tanzania, where the elephant population has already been decimated, according to Alastair Nelson, director of WCS in Mozambique, whose organisation administers the Niassa Reserve.
That amounts to roughly a quarter of a salaried and contract work force that has already been decimated by several years of deep cuts, including 1,000 jobs in September.
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The democratic process is under threat in many nations and famine of a severity not seen since the 1980s is descending upon millions of people in southern Africa-where communities are already being decimated by poverty and HIV/Aids.
Fisheries have been decimated.
"Pas has been decimated".
Al Qaeda has been decimated.
They've been decimated.
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