dismantle
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Scientists and roughly 500 volunteers have used chisels, solvents and dental picks to dismantle 10 blocks so far, so who knows what else they might discover after Zed.
They say the criminal group, which was formed in a prison, has already been dismantled by Venezuelan security forces.
The second would fully dismantle the agency, with Thanedar explaining that the U.S. was able to effectively manage immigration enforcement, a civil issue, before ICE’s creation in 2003.
From Salon
Successive U.S. presidents ignored this, as the U.S. slowly dismantled its presence.
The civil-rights movement dismantled segregation and expanded opportunity—an extraordinary achievement.
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