In standard English, decimate means, "to destroy a significant proportion, to devastate". For some reason, this uncontroversial and historically accurate sentence drives a certain type of pedant to ...

Accuracy in word choice matters, and we appreciate hearing from you when the choices made by NPR hosts and reporters are questionable. Or wrong. John Hicks-Courant from Palm Harbor, FL, recently wrote ...

“Decimate” is a cool word. It’s a lot like “devastate,” but with an added flavor and a sense of history that make it feel somehow bigger. People use it accordingly. “If a company’s intellectual ...

TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Federal cuts to funding could “decimate” medical research in the United States, delaying cures and costing countless lives, according to a leader in cancer ...

The Senate voted to claw back $1.1 billion that Congress allocated for public broadcasting. That is expected to decimate particularly rural public radio stations. We hear from Scott Smith, general ...

I landed in the Middle East for the first time on October 6, 1973. In the Beirut airport terminal, a woman turned to me and whispered in an anxious panic, “The Egyptians have just crossed the Suez ...

The legislation that could reopen the government could also decimate a major Minnesota industry. Whether it’s a convenience store, picking up groceries, or stopping by a local brewery, chances are you ...