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Read the following sentence below.

“Additional soldiers were always needed to fill the ranks that were being so swiftly thinned by battle casualties.”

Which option is the BEST definition of the word "thinned" as used in the sentence?

A. Deleted

B. Destroyed

C. Diminished

D. Dispersed

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The answer is C. Diminished.

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