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disturb

disturb 1 : to destroy the tranquillity or composure of 2 : to throw into disorder vi : to cause disturbance disturb the

embezzle

to make away with, from en-, prefix stressing completion + beseller to snatch, misappropriate, from Old French, to destroy] : to convert (property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use compare defalcate em·bez·zle·ment n em·bez·zler

genocide

genocide : acts committed with intent to partially or wholly destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group ;also : the crime of committing such an act

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Commerce destroyer

A very fast unarmored lightly armed vessel designed to capture or destroy merchant vessels of an enemy Not being intended to fight they may be improvised from fast passenger steamers

peremption

peremption [Late Latin peremption- peremptio, the act of quashing, from Latin perimere to take away entirely, destroy, kill] in the civil law of Louisiana : the absolute extinguishment of a right that prevents the bringing

peremptory

peremptory [Late Latin peremptorius, from Latin, destructive, from perimere to take entirely, destroy] 1 : permitting no dispute, alternative, or delay ;specif : not providing an opportunity to show cause why

revoke

revoke re·voked re·vok·ing : to annul by recalling or taking back: as a : to destroy the effectiveness of (a will) by executing another or by an act of destruction (as tearing or crossing

taint

taint : to damage or destroy the validity of [evidence ed by an illegal search] taint n

BW

biological warfare the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food

Carnivorous

the tiger dog etc b to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food c to substances which destroy animal tissue as caustics

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