decimate vs eliminate

decimate

verb
  • To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything. 

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

eliminate

verb
  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

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