destroy

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Here’s the part people don’t expect to hear: It didn’t destroy us.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Established missiles like the Sidewinder are highly effective, but were designed to destroy jet fighters and other expensive targets, said Cornelius.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

You can’t destroy an industry of incredible value if the product doesn’t do something incredibly valuable.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

When this happens, those particles become excited and often break down, which can destroy important biomolecules and disrupt larger biological systems.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

But slaveholders blamed the violence on a “sinister Northern abolitionist plot to destroy their cherished way of life,” as one historian put it.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis