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destroy

[dih-stroi] / dɪˈstrɔɪ /


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Clean-energy stocks are performing well, but they can still destroy capital if investors buy the wrong company at the wrong price.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Like a calculator, they say, AI is a tool that can expand our curiosity rather than destroy it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

However, once metal interconnects are already present in a completed circuit layer, such temperatures would destroy them.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The Ukrainian military is stepping up its campaign to destroy vehicles supplying Russian forces along crucial roads in occupied Ukraine using new AI drone technology, experts say.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Do you want to destroy the entire world?”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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