to decimate
ORIGINlate Middle English: from Latin decimat- "taken as a tenth"
Does this mean that CCD wasn't as bad as reported - only 10% losses?
Actually, I realized that decimate often is used incorrectly when I was looking for appropriate descriptors years ago.
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