Over-used by the media, the word decimate is still used incorrectly.
Decimate comes from the Latin decimat, past participle of decimare meaning to take a tenth.
Most of the time, the media really means destroy. They should just say so, or use other words like annihilate, exterminate, destroy, or devastate.
Somebody please make them use a dictionary.
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This week should be a better one at work.
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