decimate
verb (used with object)
to kill or destroy a great number or proportion of.
was decimating
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past progressiveof decimate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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That was decimating Tesla’s stock price, but it was not just the financial hit that upset Musk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Two months before the Super Bowl, the omicron surge was decimating NFL rosters as players tested positive for covid-19.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
Two months before the Super Bowl, the Omicron surge was decimating NFL rosters as players tested positive for COVID.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2022
Kramer took it upon himself to change that, and it is largely because of his advocacy that government authorities began, finally, to respond to the crisis that was decimating the gay community.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2020
The Patagonian was either unaware of, or had forgotten that civil war was decimating the two parts of the republic—a war which ultimately required the intervention of Brazil.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne
