decimate â(third-person singular simple present decimates, present participle decimating, simple past and past participle decimated). ( 1 Roman history) To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group. 2  c. 1650, Jeremy Taylor; from volume 1 of an 1835 edition of his works):
Additonal reasons why patching is important. This excerpt from The administrator shortcut guide to patch management explains the cost of having poor security and the benefits of fitting patching into your overall security.
However, this type of patching cement is of limited value for filling really small cracks, and for those jobs where you only want to apply a thin layer of cement - for example, when you want to ''feather out'' the material while smoothing over a rough or irregular spot on the original surface.