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It means crushing intruders and destroying the virus of Russian imperialism that has destabilized the world for a generation.

Later the same day, bandits raided nearby Layin Danauta village where they killed nine people, wounded 13 others, kidnapped several residents and destroyed property, the report said.

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Out of Gaza's 1,244 mosques, 1,160 were partly or wholly destroyed, according to Hamas's media office in the Palestinian territory.

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"We don't want to live in a country where conversations and careers are destroyed and shut down by that most appalling of slurs," he said.

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But like all autocratic laws, it is already being twisted to destroy those things in America in which we used to take joy — like an unexpected, emotional victory by your favorite college football team.

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

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