• ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      All you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.

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        2 months ago

        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.