destroy
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Scientists have created a thin plastic film that can physically destroy viruses the moment they land on its surface.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Arborists say the trenches could destroy the roots of some of the last remaining trees and kill them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
When an aide asked Trump why he wrote “Praise be to Allah” in a social-media post that threatened to destroy Iran, the Journal reports:
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
CAR-T therapy engineers a patient’s own T cells to target and destroy malignant cells, while checkpoint inhibitors remove the immune system’s brakes that tumors use to evade attack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Before advancing through Belgium, the Germans had to attack and destroy the powerful network of forts around the city of Liege, just inside the Belgian border.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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