destruct
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By combining their results, researchers can better study neutrinos and their antimatter counterparts, offering insight into why the universe did not self destruct immediately after the Big Bang.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Lincoln Riley needs a laminated, and larger, play card that doesn’t self destruct, along with his team, in bad weather.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
China, like the US, is a "pretty smart adversary", and also probably planned for the aircraft to self destruct or scramble data as a part of the spy espionage mission, Dr Falco said.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2023
“Rodeo Drive is among the most desirable streets in the world, which means we’re one of the biggest targets. What we do not welcome is people with ill intentions, who are here to destruct property.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2020
He was actually risking his life—or so he believed—to prove that the child could not destruct a human being.
From When I Grow Up by Lowe, Richard E.