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First, I am highly irate of the misuse of the word 'decimate' in the article. It means to destroy a tenth part of something, not totally obliterate it.
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That's the historical definition of the word, but colloquially it just means a large part.
It's like how historically retro meant something new inspired by something or a style from the past, but now people are using it as a substitute for "classic" (in particular with respect to video games). I dislike that too, but I'm not the arbiter of language. Not yet anyway, but soon. Soon...
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This is wrong. Decimate can mean the killing or destruction of any large portion of something. E.g. one definition you might see is "To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely."
Shouldn't "to destroy a tenth part of something" be in quotes there? Unless you mean the article has the intention of destroying ten per cent of things.
Language changes.
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