Isn’t it the opposite? To decimate = to kill 1 in 10 soldiers, figuratively to remove a certain fraction of elements from a set.
Figuratively it is used as “to kill 9 in 10”.
Isn’t it the opposite? To decimate = to kill 1 in 10 soldiers, figuratively to remove a certain fraction of elements from a set.
Figuratively it is used as “to kill 9 in 10”.