On 10/11/2016 5:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-10-11 7:21 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:26:59 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> *I'm coming to terms with "decimate" being a synonym for "destroy"
>>> rather
>>> than "kill one in ten". When some talking head says "The town was
>>> decimated" my natural inclination is to say "Well, 90% of the town is
>>> fine."
>>
>> I hear decimate and think 90% destroyed.
>>
>>
>
> You weren't around in Roman times like Cindy was ;-)
It happened to French units during WW1. AIUI.