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'''Decimate''' is a word often used in the [[English language]] to mean 'to utterly destroy.'

'''Decimate''' is a word often used in the [[English language]] to mean 'to utterly destroy', to figuratively [[Devastation|devastate]] nine-tenths, reducing to one-tenth, and leaving only a tenth remaining intact, standing or alive.

While this use is often accepted, a much more precise definition would be 'to destroy, remove, or punish 1/10th.' See military term [[Decimation]].

While this use is often accepted, a much more precise definition would be 'to destroy, remove, or punish 1/10th.' See military term [[Decimation]].

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