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Huh? I did spell it correctly. dec·i·mate /desəˌmāt/ verb 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. "the project would decimate the fragile w
by downandout 9y ago
Huh? I did spell it correctly.
dec·i·mate
/desəˌmāt/
verb
1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.
"the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness"
- jcbrand 9y agoThe OP is pedentically referring to the original Roman use of the word, which mean to kill/remove a tenth. Nobody uses the word in that way anymore, but some people want to show how clever they are, so they bring it up.