To: Secret Agent Man
decimated is reducing TO 1/10. wiping out 9/10.
Decimation was a form of collective punishment used in ancient Rome and inflicted upon a Roman Legion that had mutinied, refused orders, deserted or fled a battlefield as cowards.
It consisted of lining up the soldiers at attention and killing every tenth man with a sword.
7 posted on
11/14/2016 6:05:02 PM PST by
rdcbn
("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)
To: rdcbn
That was a better explanation than mine.
10 posted on
11/14/2016 6:07:52 PM PST by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: rdcbn
when referring to punishment technique, you are correct.
in all other ways describing destruction, it is the definition I cite. it is for a vast majority percentage of destruction.
14 posted on
11/14/2016 6:11:57 PM PST by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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