[Ads-l] decimate

[Jonathan Lighter]

Donald Trump last week: "Christians...are being decimated in this country."

I confess I haven't found these words online.  But he's not the only one to
assign the meaning of "harm greatly" to the word.

JL

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> "To destroy handily or completely; undermine completely the credibility
> of":
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> 2010 Chicago, Ill., attorney, age 45:  She got up in front of Congress, and
> they decimated her and made her look like a kook.
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> JL
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