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Trust has been decimated.

The population of Sweden was decimated.

In 1690 the town was struck by plague and decimated.

The attack was unsuccessful, but it largely decimated the Company.

The Holešov Jewish community, however, was decimated during the Holocaust.

Years of dictatorship and sanctions decimated Iraq's business and professional classes.

Such people abound in Iraq, however decimated by years of sanctions.

A founder guy, who was likeů He was just absolutely decimated and destroyed.

Opponents point to how big retailers decimated the traditional retail segment in the West.

Cattle herds in southern Sudan have been decimated by conflict and disease, especially rinderpest.

It's been estimated that the Plague decimated at least one third of Europe's population.

Disappearance The introduction of cats to the island decimated the population during the late 19th century.

A prophet may not take captives until he has thoroughly decimated the enemy in the land.

Not only were their numbers decimated, but their culture and way of life were ravaged also.

The conflict decimated State institutions and crippled the ability of the Government to provide basic social services.

A century later, that decimated class' descendants are making the same mistake in virtual reality, despite some good intentions.

Smallpox decimated the native population of Australia, killing around 50 of indigenous Australians in the early years of British colonisation.

When you meet the faithless in battle, strike their necks. When you have thoroughly decimated them, bind the captives firmly.

As Member States were aware, the economic and social infrastructure of Somalia had been decimated by long years of civil unrest.

The refugee Hutu population, situated mainly in Goma, Zaire, has been decimated by famine and disease such as cholera and dysentery.

Actually the kelp and the barnacles that attach to the rock were decimated by the combination of Corexit and the oil.

Somalia has recently experienced a cruel and destructive civil war which led to a dreadful famine that decimated tens of thousands of its people.

It is regrettable that after all the effort that has gone into the training of staff, it has been decimated, mutilated or driven into exile.

In writing to Merkel, he is addressing the leader of a country decimated by Nazi rule millions dead, an entire society and economy reduced to rubble.

Seven years of debt deflation, reinforced by the expectation of everlasting austerity, have decimated private and public investment and forced anxious, fragile banks to stop lending.

For example, marine fish populations that were once reliable sources of food for billions of people, and vital parts of the economies of nations, have been decimated.

Civil society has been crushed and the middle class decimated thanks in no small part to the UN led economic sanctions that have been enforced since 1991.

44. Bosnia and Herzegovina, a multi ethnic, multicultural and multi religious society decimated by bloody civil strife and ethnic cleansing, remained a dilemma for the international community.

During the previous 70 years, Germany and France had fought each other in three devastating wars, the last two of which ruined Europe s economies and decimated its population.

When the post road lost its importance and the town was decimated by Swedish troops, the plague and the Thirty Years War, it s as though time stopped here.

Prohibitions imposed by the US and other governments decimated traditions that often domesticated these drugs so as to reduce their harm, while simultaneously encouraging transitions to refined drugs like heroin and cocaine.

As a result, one third of Mongolian livestock was decimated, over 800 properties belonging to the nobility and the Buddhist church were confiscated, and over 700 head of mostly noble households were executed.

Local fishing communities have been decimated to the point where almost all the boats 12,600 of them and nets are gone, and those that remain are severely damaged and pose a safety risk.

The national coalition Government, only five months old, has inherited a looted, ravaged and drained country, with a decimated population and with all the vital sectors of the State in need of reconstruction.

In addition to these factors, cattle raiding and cattle related diseases have decimated the majority of the once substantial cattle herds, while the continued insecurity has constrained the people apos s ability to plant crops.

But then after trying to cross that river, it just got decimated. Almost half of the soldiers died or disappeared. And these are depictions, these are paintings, of the retreat of Napoleon's forces in the winter.

The judicial institutions of the country have been decimated, which makes it difficult for the new Government to carry out its task of rendering justice for there is a dire shortage of magistrates and adequate legal structures.

There is obviously no longer any need to dwell at length on the heavy price being paid daily by men, women and children beleaguered, persecuted and decimated wholesale by methods which recall the very darkest moments of human history.

A visit to Lidice will bring to mind the tragedy that befell the small village on 10 June 1942, when the Nazis decimated it in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the acting Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia.

Alexander Lukashenka can get away with all of this not only due to unsavoury legacy of totally decimated post soviet social and societal structures but also due to lack of interest in the fate of Belarus on the part of the democratic countries.

Monitored and oppressed for 45 years, Iraqis have lost faith in the political system and turned inward, to tribalism and religious ethnic factionalism. Civil society has been crushed and the middle class decimated thanks in no small part to the UN led economic sanctions that have been enforced since 1991.

Prohibitions imposed by the US and other governments decimated traditions that often domesticated these drugs so as to reduce their harm, while simultaneously encouraging transitions to refined drugs like heroin and cocaine. US law enforcement and intelligence agencies routinely provide information to other governments knowing that it will be used not just to arrest but to torture those they identify.

It also affects girls' school attendance, leading to a higher level of dropouts, and has decimated the female labour force in sub Saharan Africa, including in the public sector.14 At the same time, access to education does not automatically translate into decent work and well paid employment, if gender discrimination in the workplace persists through occupational segregation or unequal pay for work of equal value.

Yet July will bring the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, which established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) among France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg only six years after the end of World War II. During the previous 70 years, Germany and France had fought each other in three devastating wars, the last two of which ruined Europe s economies and decimated its population.