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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoLiterally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I think I was wrong
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months agoAll you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•4 months agoYeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
minus-square@Huginlink10•4 months agoIt 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoTo be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good
Literally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I thinkI was wrongAll you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
Yeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
Decimation means killing 1/10th of a group or population.
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.
To be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good