decimate vs tear up

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. 

tear up

verb
  • To damage. 

  • To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against. 

  • To wrench out of the ground. 

  • To have intense penetrative sex with. 

  • To brutally assault. 

  • To cancel or annul, or to cause the cancellation or annulment of (e.g. an agreement or contract). 

  • To tear into pieces. 

  • To start shedding tears. 

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