• Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Using “decimate” to mean “completely destroy” is not a misuse of the word. The word’s meaning has simply changed.

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      19 days ago

      exactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.