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He'd have cried and turned and smiled if only he could have seen the book thief on her hands and knees, next to his decimated body.† (source)
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Disrupt government services, cut off supply lines, transportation, eliminate communications, and then confine civilians indoors before decimating the industrial base, in this case by cutting off power.† (source)
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He said it was all over school, about how I'd decimated Lana in front of Josh.† (source)
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Our militaries had been decimated, but there were still functional units on every continent.† (source)
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From my spot, I surveyed the scenery and noticed few signs of the war that had decimated our lives.† (source)
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Chips of plaster and brick and wood were flying as the interior was decimated.† (source)
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Well, covens fought to the last man—were utterly decimated—to protect them.† (source)
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Augustus was hoping for a rush, confident that with the two of them shooting they could decimate the Indians to such an extent that the survivors might leave.† (source)
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He did not like this news; he had counted on the brothers Baratheon decimating each other in bloody battle.† (source)
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First of all, if I was expected to come to Yamacraw Island to preside over the intellectual decimation of forty kids, you selected the wrong boy.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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Especially disturbing to the naval contingent were reports from down below that Italian troops now were shot quite casually for disciplinary reasons, and that the Italian generals, like their French counterparts, were executing men in decimations for crimes they had not: committed.† (source)
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Decimated but stubborn, they were among those who chose a fugitive life rather than Oklahoma.† (source)
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Although there had indeed already been a trapdoor in the chaplain's office, it proved too costly to decimate the cafeteria below it, which accommodated the drop.† (source)
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The elders and the chiefs met to discuss what they could do about the wasting disease that was quickly decimating their warriors.† (source)
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Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.† (source)
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When the remaining forces finally reach the foot of Kolvir, he'll decimate them there.† (source)
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