Cure
Cure verb - To bring about recovery from.
Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Of course, considering the conversation Dud and Barlow have on how rats when frightened of fire find new holes to hid in... No Ontological Inertia: Averted, killing Barlow doesn't cure or destroy his progeny.
Source: Literature / 'Salem's Lot - Freeze synthesize a cure for Joker's Titan-poisoned blood, but Freeze destroys the first vial and threatens Batman that he'll destroy the rest if he doesn't rescue Nora from the Joker.
Source: Withholding the Cure - An eleventh-hour cure is also used in Gears of War to destroy both the Locust and the Lambent.
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