total annihilation
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While Vance was praising a technical framework designed to facilitate a regional ceasefire, the president was threatening the total annihilation of his negotiating partners, completely undermining his vice president’s diplomatic messaging.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“This move is unprecedented in the history of the Chinese military and represents the total annihilation of the high command,” said Christopher Johnson, head of China Strategies Group, a political-risk consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
He has written about how the rise of gaming capitalism has undermined long-standing bonds of kinship among tribes that helped them avoid total annihilation by settler colonialism centuries ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
Valiant firefighters drawn from the Breitenbush ranks saved the community from total annihilation in one of the worst fires in Oregon’s history.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Our troops were completely routed, and had to thank the apathy of the Afghans in not following them up for escaping total annihilation.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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