destroyed

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By last June, when its enrichment sites were destroyed, Iran had 9.8 tons of enriched uranium.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Since the new excavation, mining activity has destroyed the site, making the recovered data especially valuable.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

But human development and the wildfires we create have destroyed swaths of their habitat, and climate change is threatening to make much of what remains inhospitable.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

When he later rang the police to ask about the interview on 13 April 2021, he was informed that the notes had been destroyed.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The commander of the United States Navy Yard had ordered the buildings and warships there to be destroyed to prevent their capture.

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