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Decimate means leaving 1 out of 10 alive. A 90% reduction.

• edflsafoiewq 6y ago
  > Decimation was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort. ... The word decimation is derived from Latin meaning "removal of a tenth".
• MagnumOpus 6y ago
  No it doesn’t. Look it up.