Question

A[n]

is a ten-year period, and the word that originally meant “to kill
every tenth person” is

Answer 1

decimate and the name of a ten- year period is a decade

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Answer 2

Decimate

Step-by-step explanation:

Decimate was first used in 1600 and was derived from the Latin word decimatus, which meant the “the removal or destruction of one-tenth