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		downandout on May 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook announces Clear History feature Huh? I did spell it correctly. dec·i·mate /desəˌmāt/ verb 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. "the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness"

jcbrand on May 2, 2018 [–]

The OP is pedentically referring to the original Roman use of the word, which mean to kill/remove a tenth.

Nobody uses the word in that way anymore, but some people want to show how clever they are, so they bring it up.

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