destroy
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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
The approach involves collecting a patient's own immune cells, genetically modifying them to recognize cancer, and then returning them to the body to seek out and destroy tumor cells.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
“New tariffs or quotas will not redirect demand for quartz. It will destroy it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 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
Before advancing through Belgium, the Germans had to attack and destroy the powerful network of forts around the city of Liege, just inside the Belgian border.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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