decimate vs rub out

decimate

verb
  • To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely. 

  • To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality. 

  • To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything. 

  • To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything. 

rub out

verb
  • To kill, especially to murder. 

  • To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing. 

How often have the words decimate and rub out occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )