Re: "Totally decimated"

Jess Askin wrote:
>
> I think people like the sound of "decimated," without worrying too much
> about how its meaning might differ from "devastated" or "destroyed."

I hear it used a lot (in Australia) referring to numbers being greatly
reduced (teams decimated by injuries, share prices decimated, etc), but
decimated as a general replacement for destroyed is new to me. Is it
regional?

.

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