The government proposes to reduce the population by using a virus that has caused devastating epidemics in rabbit populations elsewhere.

政府计划通过使用一种病毒来减少兔子的数量，这种病毒已经在其他地方的兔子种群中造成了毁灭性的流行病。

youdao

The fear is that devastating the krill population will set in train a series of changes that will affect other creatures.

一个担心是，损坏了磷虾种群数量将引起一系列影响其它生物的变化。

youdao

In the wild, southern white rhinos have suffered devastating hits to their population thanks to a recent surge in poaching.

由于近期非法偷猎的猖獗，野生白犀牛的数量已在锐减。

youdao

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

AIDS, in particular, is devastating the population.

ECONOMIST: Agreeing on Africa, up to a point | The

Almost six million Poles, including the majority of the country's large Jewish population, died during the devastating six-year conflict.

CNN: Poland: From Soviet satellite to 'Tiger of Europe'

How do you deal with the Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, who is committed to Israel's total destruction, not a single Jew to remain alive in Israel, and who rains thousands of rockets on Israel, keeping the population in shelters, devastating industry, killing and kidnapping Israeli soldiers within Israeli territory?

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Kalms criticises Hague on Israel