decimate
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Re “Sanctions Decimate the Nittany Lions Now and for Years to Come,” July 24: Vacating the victories of the football team since 1998 is not an appropriate punishment for the misbehavior of the university.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2012
Decimate has come to mean total destruction rather than a reduction by one-tenth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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