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| ABM |
abbreviation of "antiballistic missile," a missile designed to meet and destroy a ballistic missile in flight. |
| angary |
the legal right of a state or nation at war to seize, destroy, or otherwise use the property of a neutral state, provided proper compensation is made. |
| annihilate |
to destroy completely. |
| antiballistic missile |
a missile designed to meet and destroy a ballistic missile in flight. |
| antibiotic |
a medicine that can destroy or prevent the growth of disease and infection. |
| antimissile |
used to destroy hostile ballistic missiles. [1/2 definitions] |
| assassinate |
to destroy, abuse, or defame. [1/2 definitions] |
| attack |
an act meant to hurt or destroy. [1/5 definitions] |
| biological warfare |
the use of living organisms such as bacteria or viruses to kill or disable people or destroy their food supply. |
| blight |
to spoil, ruin, or destroy. [1/3 definitions] |
| blot out |
to destroy utterly. [1/2 definitions] |
| blow up |
to destroy or be destroyed through an explosion. [1/2 definitions] |
| boll weevil |
a small, grayish beetle with a long snout, whose larvae hatch in and destroy cotton bolls. |
| bomb |
to attack or destroy with a bomb or bombs. [1/4 definitions] |
| break |
to crack, destroy, or make inoperative or unusable. [1/26 definitions] |
| burn down |
to destroy (something) completely by fire. [1/2 definitions] |
| burn out |
to destroy the interior of (a building or vehicle) by fire. [1/4 definitions] |
| bust2 |
to make poor; destroy financially. [1/10 definitions] |
| cauterize |
to sear with heat or chemicals to stop bleeding or destroy infected tissue. |
| cautery |
something, such as a caustic agent or a very hot or very cold instrument, used to burn or sear and thus to destroy unwanted tissue. [1/2 definitions] |
| consume |
to destroy. [1/3 definitions] |
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