In the days following the Aegean's accident, race organizers surmised that the sailboat was struck by a large commercial ship because its remnants were decimated so completely.
Some areas are completely decimated, Capital Weather Gang's Angela Fritz explains, and nearly all trees have been stripped or have fallen.
Today, it is often used figuratively to mean "very heavy casualties", but to say "completely decimated" or "decimated as much as half the town" simply will not do.
At the news conference, Mr. Wardak spoke of the growth of the army, which after the collapse of the Communist government here was almost completely decimated.
"As parking regulations were put into zoning codes, most of the downtowns in many cities were just completely decimated," says Michael Kodransky, global research manager for the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy.
"They completely decimated the voting rights of the Latino community there," said Amadis Velez, the redistricting coordinator for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
These countries, where levels of health coverage were already some of the world's lowest, have seen their healthcare systems completely decimated by the disease.
It was sad to see Julie Benz go and leave the 'Dexter' family, but from an acting standpoint, creatively, it's really been invigorating to have him so completely decimated".
Having been the target of a terrorist attack in last month's London Has Fallen, the British capital now appears to be completely decimated by aliens in the follow-up to Roland Emmerich's 1996 hit.
Of these, 3 districts were completely decimated.
Thus this collar is more akin to disaster protection in case the stock is completely decimated.
