destruct

Example Sentences

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“Because it is not possible to put the rocket into the planned orbit, we sent a destruct signal to the rocket,” minutes later at 10:51 a.m.

From Washington Post

“A destruct command has been transmitted to H3 because there was no possibility of achieving the mission,” the announcer said on the webcast.

From New York Times

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

"This country could have self- destructed a long time ago, except for the fact that the people who have been denied that American dream for so long still believe in it enough."

From Salon

The project wants to take millions of gallons out of the Columbia River and permanently destruct an irreplaceable sacred site to our people.

From Seattle Times