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Earthquakes later destroyed the church and left it under the lake.

The last Jews left Gaza City in 1929 during the riots that engulfed British-controlled Mandatory Palestine that year, ending a history shaped by the tragic events that plagued this repeatedly destroyed city.

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It delays and destroys, but it also accelerates and builds.

Abbe hung “Ease” in a room off his office at the Holyoke Envelope Co. factory, and in January 1888 the plant was destroyed by fire.

Two residents who had been involved in a long-running dispute with a holiday park company saw their homes destroyed by fire on the same day.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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