To: strela
My dictionary has it's first meaning as, "to destroy a great number of."
3,083 posted on
03/27/2003 5:14:36 PM PST by
Fledermaus
(Saddemocrats on the Run!)
To: Fledermaus
"Decimate" derived from a disciplinary practice in the Roman legions. 10 percent of the members of a unit that performed badly were put to the sword by their officers, to serve as a lesson to the others.
3,091 posted on
03/27/2003 5:17:20 PM PST by
strela
("a' poppin' off at Pop's Sodium Shop")
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