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Myanmar's education system was decimated during what the Asian Development Bank calls "50 years of stagnation" under military rule.

Flick's remarks were criticized as insensitive, especially given that Lviv's Jewish population was decimated during the Holocaust.

American manufacturing was decimated during the first decade of this century, with six million jobs gone, and it was easy to believe that manufacturing was a lost cause.

Stalingrad, which is now known as Volgograd, was decimated during the Second World War but the Grudinina mill managed to remain standing.

The group's repertory included dances from several regions of Hungary, and a few remnants of Hungary's Jewish population (a Hasidic wedding song and an improvisation on "Ani Ma'amim," a familiar Sabbath tune), which was decimated during World War II.

The 500th SS Parachute Battalion was decimated during Operation Rösselsprung, suffering 576 killed and 48 wounded.

In 2008, television's prime-time lineups were decimated during the early months of the year by the writers' strike.

The faithful cite the rebbe's magnetism and utopian ideals — he pioneered drug treatment centers for Jews and non-Jews alike, urged Jews to more deeply embrace their faith and sought to reinvigorate the Hasidic community, which had been decimated during the Holocaust — when they explain why, nearly two decades later, they still come, seeking a sense of nearness.

Much of the island's beef supply had been decimated during a civil war.

Using data from the U.S. State Departments Humanitarian Information Unit and working with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Google now shows more than 3,300 villages (yes, entire villages) that have been decimated during the genocide.

The battalion had been decimated during the battle but remained in the line manning positions at 'The Apex', a knoll near Chunuk Bair.