To Eliminate 1 in 10, Strictly Speaking

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Tracking Time, Group 1043, Puzzle 5 (Horologist).

Question is: To Eliminate 1 in 10, Strictly Speaking

and the answer is: DECIMATE

Word Meaning:

DECIMATE — (archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.

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