obliteration
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Now she was grieving the Taliban’s obliteration of the Afghan legal system and her degree, which was effectively useless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"I think we're right on the cusp of a total obliteration of diesel trucks as a product category."
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
They’re minors in the modern world, where naivete is a currency that buys a one-way ticket to the obliteration of their innocence.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
And an obliteration of this magnitude required a perfect storm of factors that few would have predicted several days ahead of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
And every fan couldn’t help but believe that the following week’s game would be little more than a continuation of the Cooper obliteration, only a thousand times more sweet.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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