[GulfBreeze]

You have inverted it.

Decimate literally means killing 9 out of 10 or cutting the opposing force down to 1/10 of the size.

But in general it is a euphamism any route but especially any route where the force is destruyed to ranks level and requires a total rebuild.

[econjack]

Decimate literally means killing 9 out of 10 or cutting the opposing force down to 1/10 of the size.

I don't think so. The dictionary says:

"to select by lot and kill every tenth one of"

This is in agreement with ops33's post #25.

[Lee'sGhost]

Uh, I don’t think so.

Webster says:

Main Entry: dec·i·mate
Pronunciation: ‘de-s&-”mAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -mat·ed; -mat·ing
Etymology: Latin decimatus, past participle of decimare, from decimus tenth, from decem ten
1 : to select by lot and kill every tenth man of