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Re: [GWL]: new topic?

My dictionary includes this definition but also gives it as meaning the elimination or
destruction of  one tenth of something. Carolyn Ulrich

Marge Talt wrote:

> > Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
> >
> > > Some of my pet peeves are the use of decimate when "destroy" is
> meant, "holocaust" when fire is
>
> Now, Margaret, what have you against decimate...I've always liked the
> sound of that word, which, according to my dictionary means " to
> destroy a great number or proportion of"; so in the right context, it
> would be a valid use I should think....I'm curious??
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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