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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 21 points 8 months ago

If by "Decimate" you mean "Reduce by a tenth" then it's already happened.

[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Once I learned the meaning of decimate It really grates seeing it used as a synonym for "wipes out"

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Oh, I thought it meant "divided by ten"?

[-] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

It refers to a punishment for bad performance in ancient Roman armies: 1 in ten soldiers was killed.

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