destroy
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The agreement provides for much greater financial relief if Iran goes along with American demands to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium and dismantle its nuclear program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Under state law, California counties are required to destroy many criminal records for juveniles, leaving the county with almost no visibility into who was in their facilities decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
"They not only want to destroy us physically, but they first and foremost want to erase our memory," the clergyman, with a long grey-and-white beard, said.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
"These factors profoundly suppress -- or even completely destroy -- quantum resources in conventional approaches."
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
The tank seemed to have come alive, as if it was boiling with fury, ready to destroy.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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