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Definition of Decimated
1. decimate [v] - See also: decimate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimated
Literary usage of Decimated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1962 The Voice of America has almost been decimated, its feature staffs and ...
1953 high populations of gypsy moth larvae are usually decimated by the wilt ..."
2. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"... small-pox had decimated their ranks. These Winter encampments proved rather
uneventful. With the Spring trapping gave them lots of ..."
3. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"But while the last scions of the royal and noble races, decimated or ruined in
Ireland, departed to die out under a foreign sky, amid the miseries of exile, ..."
4. Sword and Pen; Or, Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier ... in War and by John Algernon Owens (1883)
"Recruiting the decimated ranks.— Fredericksburg. — Bravery of Meagher's brigade.
— The impregnable heights.— The cost of battles. ..."
5. Lives of Indian Officers by John William Kaye (1889)
"... legions were arrested by the destroying snow, and decimated by pestilence and
famine. This source of inquietude was, therefore, removed, and Burnes was ..."
6. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"In 1638 the decimated ranks of the •native Christians, amounting to about 37000,
threw themselves into the fortress of Sima-barra in ..."
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