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13 hours ago, Belatucadrus said:

Decimate - to kill one in every ten, punishment meted out to legions that failed catastrophically, also Zulu Impis if memory serves.

 

How I wish more people knew that instead of decimate being bandied about on news bulletins  and such like totally inappropriately by people who should know better ie. trained journalists.

 

Heptateuch

the first seven books of the Bible (Genesis to Judges) collectively

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