verb [VN]
1 [usuallypassive] to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people in a particular area:
The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.
2 (informal) to severely damage sth or make sth weaker:
Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.
decimation noun [U]
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