[wbill]

Misuse of "decimate" is one of my pet peeves. Back in the day, the Romans handled pacification a little more directly than we do today. They'd just line up the village and stick a sword into every 10th man. Ergo..."decimate".

You can never "completely decimate" anything. There will always be 90% of it left.

Oh well. It is what it is.

[Hawthorn]

> You can never “completely decimate” anything. There will always be 90% of it left. <

Amen!

(My high school Latin teacher would no doubt have swooned in the presence of your learnedness!)