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In the aftermath of an epic disaster, you also have to wrangle with the complications of destroyed infrastructure, permitting bottlenecks, insurance disputes and scary levels of contamination.

Several EU member states have backed plans for a multi-layered "drone wall" to quickly detect, then track and destroy Russian drones.

From BBC

Beyond the incoherence of destroying an item that was already paid for, demonstrations like these had little impact on the brands themselves.

From Salon

Presidential spokesperson Lova Ranoromaro said on social media that "we do not want a coup d'etat, because a coup d'etat destroys a nation, because a coup d'etat destroys the future of our children".

From BBC

He led the fight against in the 1970s against the white-minority rule of what used to be called Rhodesia - but he was later accused of using violence to win elections and destroying Zimbabwe's economy.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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