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.
If you have drains where you want your extension building then these need to be bridged. If you have a manhole cover where your extension is being built then these needs to be moved. Cost of this varies and again depending on whether or not it needs to be bridged or moved taking into account of access for digger.f it deviates from this, then this is considered as additional unforeseen costs which could not be priced up at the start of the project. This is a typical example of why you need a contingency amount of 10-15% set aside for such scenarios.