Sentence examples for are decimated from inspiring English sources
verb
To kill one-tenth of a group, as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
The nonreference frames (WZ frames) are decimated and encoded using decimated versions of the reconstructed reference frames in the frame store.
Their credit scores are decimated.
"Their religious beliefs are decimated," Pompeo said.
I know Wales are decimated, but we will just have to review his situation as we go along".
The streets here are decimated with potholes, and nearly always muddy and littered with garbage, broken glass and rusted chassis.
1600: Early settlers in what is then called New France are decimated by hunger and the harsh winter.
After a series of extraordinary Federal prosecutions, virtually all of the once thriving Mafia groups are decimated.
The mechanical resonance effects of the timing belts in the high-frequency range are decimated in advance, to apply the decoupling method.
In some cases, commercial beekeeping operations are decimated in a matter of days as workers disappear, a phenomenon scientists have named Colony Collapse Disorder.
Fish populations are decimated as great numbers migrate to less-affected areas in search of food, resulting in temporarily reduced yields for the countries in the region.
The rabbits are decimating the lettuce?
