decimate
verb (used with object)
to kill or destroy a great number or proportion of.
will decimate
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future tenseof decimate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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He also called concerns that AI will decimate jobs worldwide "complete nonsense".
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Investors have also been piling into bond markets on fears that AI advances will decimate the job market, while hotter-than-expected producer prices have clouded hopes for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
“Exempting a broad swath of development with no consideration of habitat for imperiled species will decimate the state’s natural heritage and unique biodiversity,” said Frances Tinney, an attorney with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
"We are in an area of outstanding national beauty. It will decimate the local area, which relies a lot on tourism."
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
No sooner does the primitive human hive reach that degree of density which is the one indispensable condition of civilization, than it is apt to breed a pestilence which will decimate and even scatter it.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
