destroy
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It works by engineering a civil war within the immune system – to get one part to destroy the part causing disease.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Its early trading also will create and destroy billions of dollars of value in a host of other stocks.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
He does not seem to think about the jobs it will destroy, the way it is poisoning creativity or education, the way it warps our shared sense of reality.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Courts have ruled that the doctrine requires private utilities such as Edison to pay for property they destroy, even if they haven’t been found to have acted negligently.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
In 1943, members of the Dutch Resistance bombed the Amsterdam civil registry office in an attempt to destroy records, to prevent the Nazis from identifying Jews and others marked for persecution, arrest or forced labour.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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