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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-21 年前Literally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I think I was wrong
minus-squareifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 年前All you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 年前Yeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 年前Decimation means killing 1/10th of a group or population.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 年前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.
minus-squarecrowbar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前To 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