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destroy

[dih-stroi] / dɪˈstrɔɪ /


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"The decision was made about us: to destroy Novaya Gazeta," he said, adding that the paper had been "cut off from the financial systems used by our subscribers".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The two nations also agreed to share technical information to help increase production of SM-3 missiles, which are typically fired by ships to destroy incoming ballistic missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

This would offer another approach to treatment beyond attempting to destroy every harmful aging cell.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

"If you don't listen to me, how can you come and kill my business, destroy my family's, my livelihood?" he asked.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Why would Ella want to destroy the thing she created?”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Zoe nearly destroys Rushville to save herself, while John almost violates his principles to seize the ring from Hal, per the Guardians’ orders, and take out Zoe.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

"I'm even trembling. The truth is that for those of us from Villena, this destroys us. It's part of our heritage, of our wealth," the mayor said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“It destroys almost any aspect of a girl’s life and it doesn’t deliver any benefit,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

During a crisis, support is often essential to prevent a downward spiral that destroys the financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

It’s a laugh that just destroys you with its hundred-percent-ness.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Unable to afford rent, many families live in partially destroyed buildings.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Charlie and I, probably, have seen some more high-IQ people — really extraordinarily high-IQ people — destroyed by leverage,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Muratov pointed out that the constitution still on the books "prohibits censorship, yet all free, independent media in our country have been destroyed".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Teng also describes how the hackers used "a self-destruct mechanism that destroyed tooling and traces as they went, making it more difficult for us to trace and investigate".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

If his plan worked -if the World Spirit answered his plea -the bear would be destroyed and the Forest would survive.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rather than killing soldiers and destroying property, AI could increasingly influence an adversary’s capacity and willingness to continue fighting by disrupting economic activity, military production, logistics, communications and financial systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

After the Norte fire tore through 570 acres across south Orange County, destroying many homes in the process, everybody needed this.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

"Once the implosion happens those effects will help in destroying the bloom."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

It consisted of catching and destroying tsetse flies.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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