• WolfLink
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    3 hours ago

    Literally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I think I was wrong

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        3 hours ago

        Yeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip

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        It means removal of 1/10th. deci 1/10 matus remove. So yes decimation was the name of the Roman punishment where 1/10 of a group was killed. But it can be applied to any group of people or things.