Destroy and Maneuvering

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Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

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Maneuvering is an antonym for destroy.

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

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Destroy is an antonym for maneuvering in plan topic.

Nearby Words: maneuver, maneuvered

Another enemy tactic was putting the ship engine over "pseudo-Hawking", but humans learned that quick maneuvering inside an engine can destroy the enemy ship.

Source: Stealth in Space
Hornblower doesn't actually destroy his enemy, but he does evade the larger ship and manages to fire into her unopposed with some very cunning maneuvering, rather than being chased away from his station observing Brest.

Source: Literature / Horatio Hornblower
However, this turns out to be the primary goal of the goddess Hel, who is maneuvering to destroy the current world before the Snarl breaks free because doing so will give her a favorable position in the next one.

Source: Restart the World

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