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Originally Posted by Julio
Decimated means one in ten killed, not a significant defeat...where the 'deci' co,es from
(Sorry, it's a gear grinder for me, and it was used incorrectly twice in two sentences.)
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Have you ever used any other word to describe a loss or defeat in a hockey game?
The Oilers got clobbered. Wrecked. Hammered. Annihilated. Spanked. Schooled. Technically speaking, none of these terms make sense. But we use them.
It's absolutely culturally acceptable to use the word decimated in this context. So lighten up Oxford Dictionary.