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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Does it ever mean reduce TO one tenth? That was my gut interpretation. (Without looking it up)
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: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of
: to exact a tax of 10 percent from <poor as a decimated Cavalier — John Dryden>
a : to reduce drastically especially in number <cholera decimated the population>
b : to cause great destruction or harm to <firebombs decimated the city> <an industry decimated by recession>