Thesaurus / destroy
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The nova does not destroy the star, unlike a supernova, which marks a star’s death.
THE NUMBER OF MILKY WAY NOVA EXPLOSIONS PER YEAR HAS BEEN PINNED DOWNKEN CROSWELLFEBRUARY 12, 2021SCIENCE NEWSIn addition to leveling forests for crops, the Spanish plantation system also began to destroy biodiversity with imported cattle and replace mountains with mines.
THE PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN MEXICO TODAY IS ROOTED IN HISTORYJAYSON PORTERFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe eventual goal is to be able to 3D print bones directly into the cavity of a patient, for scenarios in which a certain portion of bone has been removed or destroyed.
THIS WEEK’S AWESOME TECH STORIES FROM AROUND THE WEB (THROUGH FEBRUARY 6)SINGULARITY HUB STAFFFEBRUARY 6, 2021SINGULARITY HUB He wants them destroyed lest some accident or malicious act unleash smallpox on the world again.
SMALLPOX USED TO KILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. HERE’S HOW HUMANS BEAT IT.KELSEY PIPERFEBRUARY 5, 2021VOXIt’s marketing’s mass conservation, with nothing created and nothing destroyed.
CELEBRITIES HAVE ALWAYS DONE ENDORSEMENTS. NOW THEY SELL THEIR FAST FOOD ORDERS.JAMESON RICHFEBRUARY 5, 2021VOXSenate Bill 55 would, critics say, effectively destroy public education in Missouri.
BETSY DEVOS IS GONE — BUT ‘DEVOSISM’ SURE ISN’T. LOOK AT WHAT FLORIDA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND OTHER STATES ARE DOING.VALERIE STRAUSSFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTResonance chains are fragile arrangements, and knocking a planet even slightly out of its orbit can destroy them.
TWO EXOPLANET FAMILIES REDEFINE WHAT PLANETARY SYSTEMS CAN LOOK LIKELISA GROSSMANFEBRUARY 5, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThe company said it has fired the two executives who discussed destroying documents and instituted a new code of conduct.
MCKINSEY, ADVISER TO BUSINESSES AROUND THE WORLD, AGREES TO PAY $573.9 MILLION TO SETTLE CHARGES FOR ITS ROLE IN OPIOID EPIDEMICPETER WHORISKEY, CHRISTOPHER ROWLANDFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPart of the issue is that most records were destroyed during fires or lost over time.
VA. HOUSE VOTES TO FORCE PUBLIC COLLEGES TO RECKON WITH TIES TO SLAVERY, CREATE SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHER PROGRAMSNICK ANDERSONFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat’s a lot of line shuffling ahead of a matchup with a Tampa Bay pass rush that destroyed the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line in the NFC championship game, taking advantage of the absence of injured left tackle David Bakhtiari.
PREDICTIONS FOR SUPER BOWL LV: LOTS OF SCORING, PLUS A CONCERN FOR PATRICK MAHOMESJOHN CLAYTONFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO DESTROY
- X out
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- ax
- black out
- blot out
- break
- break off
- countermand
- cross out
- cut
- deface
- delete
- destroy
- do away with
- do in
- efface
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expunge
- finish off
- go back on one's word
- kill
- obliterate
- off
- omit
- quash
- remove
- render invalid
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- rub out
- scratch out
- scrub
- sink
- smash
- squash
- stamp across
- strike out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- undo
- wash out
- wipe out
- wipe the slate clean
- zap
- X-out
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- ax
- black out
- blot out
- break
- break off
- countermand
- cross out
- cut
- deface
- delete
- destroy
- do away with
- do in
- efface
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expunge
- finish off
- go back on one's word
- kill
- obliterate
- off
- omit
- quash
- remove
- render invalid
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- rub out
- scratch out
- scrub
- sink
- smash
- squash
- stamp across
- strike out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- undo
- wash out
- wipe out
- wipe slate clean
- zap
- KO
- abate
- alleviate
- anesthetize
- benumb
- blunt
- check
- chloroform
- consume
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- depress
- deprive
- desensitize
- destroy
- devitalize
- dim
- dope
- drown
- dull
- etherize
- exhaust
- freeze
- frustrate
- gas
- hush
- impair
- incapacitate
- injure
- knock out
- lay out
- lessen
- mute
- numb
- paralyze
- put out of order
- put to sleep
- quieten
- reduce
- repress
- retard
- slow
- smother
- soften
- stifle
- stun
- stupefy
- suppress
- tire
- tone down
- unnerve
- weaken
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