[FatherofFive]

“ONE-IN-50-YEAR FROST” DECIMATES NZ BLUEBERRY CROP..
However, a “one-in-50-year” frost has left the shrubs brown, the bees vanished and an estimated 300 tonnes of potential produce destroyed — some 90% of the crop.

Someone needs to check the definition of decimate.

[House Atreides]

“ Someone needs to check the definition of decimate. ”
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LOL - That horse left the barn many moons ago and the current meaning/usage differs from the historical meaning. This horse will likely never return to the barn where it belongs.

[Openurmind]

“Someone needs to check the definition of decimate.”

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3a : to reduce drastically especially in number cholera decimated the population.

b : to cause great destruction or harm to.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decimate

[Palio di Siena]

It’s a reverse decimation