Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Pop up
Pop up verb - Appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
Both terms in one sentence
- It even got to the point once where they actually did destroy all the world's evil, only for a new evil to pop up in the first place they fought.
Source: As Long as There Is Evil -
When your partner is someone that half the school is afraid of and the other half actively wants to destroy, this kind of dilemma will pop up.
Source: Manga / Freezing - The tunnel system drew a platoon of Americans with a small force and then had reserves pop up out of the ground and destroy them.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Real Life
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