Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Putting up is an antonym for destroy.
Putting up
Both terms in one sentence
- Also in Deathly Hallows, when he realizes he has to die to destroy the last Horcrux, which is inside him and prevents Voldemort from dying, he decides to go straight to Voldemort, and accept to be killed without putting up a fight.
Source: Face Death with Dignity - Like Bright Eyes, after putting up with his attempts to regain control for the entire arc, she manages to destroy him for good by feeding him to the Blank Wolf in the Grand Finale, obtaining a life of her own independent of him in the process (though she may still be a Time Lord)..
Source: Amnesiac Dissonance
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