Object

• crop: A single disease or pest could easily decimate the crop of an entire country.

• population: In 1724 smallpox decimated the population which, at the end of the century, was 180.

• army: Intense air attacks fixed and decimated the Iraqi army.

• stock: This massive increase in commercial fishing has decimated many wild fish stocks.

• economy: Such a shift would help revitalize rural economies decimated by the global economy.

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• almost: Together with cuts that almost decimates the entire plot, the show will probably leave fans with less than great memories.

Subject

• disease: Features Return of the Clostridial Diseases by Chris Lewis MRCVS The early part of the last century saw flocks decimated by clostridial disease.

• war: But Aceh is a region already decimated by a war which has raged on and off for 28 years.

Adjective complement

• most: Commercial whaling during the last century decimated most of the world's whale populations.

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• already: The German contingent, already decimated by the Turks, merged with the French, who had fared only slightly better, at Acre.

• so: Above all else tho, this was a real triumph in adversity, with the squad so decimated by injury.

• also: IX Hispana was also decimated and nearly cost the life of the legate Petillius Cerialis.

• not: The species assemblages of the Lickey heaths where not decimated by tree planting are a unique resource.

• only: The death of Home Rule not only decimated his British audience, it also freed Irish protestantism from the restraints of political cohesion.

Present participle complement

• spawn: Bishop td remnants of a a detailed account have decimated spawning.

Preposition: by

• injury: Manager Brian Flynn's side is decimated by injuries.

• disease: Features Return of the Clostridial Diseases by Chris Lewis MRCVS The early part of the last century saw flocks decimated by clostridial disease.

• war: But Aceh is a region already decimated by a war which has raged on and off for 28 years.