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What does decimating mean?

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  1. present participle of decimate
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It threatens future economic development in Africa as it kills adults in the prime of their working lives, thus decimating workforces.
Furthermore, a retaliatory fishery runs the risk of permanently decimating already-fragile salmon runs.
The apple clearwing moth is another one decimating orchards in the south end of the valley.
It spread rapidly throughout the Great Lakes, decimating the fisheries populations.
For centuries, repeated epidemics swept across continents, decimating populations and changing the course of history.
Summary: Contaminants in the Fraser River and fish farms are decimating wild salmon stocks.

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