Common fix low when you mean to destroy massively
Wrong decimate
Use this devastate
i · WhyTwo lines, no filler
DECIMATE strictly = reduce by one in ten (Roman military punishment). Modern usage = devastate. Both are accepted; pedants prefer 'devastate' for the larger sense.
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Decimate = 10%. Devastate = total.
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Decimate vs. Devastate
Decimate originally meant to destroy one in ten. It doesn't mean total destruction.
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