had been decimating
- past perfect progressive of decimate.
Example Sentences
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Further south on Catalina, hunters were conscripted in the 1990s to fully eliminate the island’s feral goat population, which had been decimating native plants for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Online commerce, which had been decimating physical retailers for more than a decade, accelerated its crushing inevitability.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2020
