Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Raises
Both words in one sentence
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Saint Seiya: the god Poseidon, wishing to wash away the filth of mankind, raises the oceans to destroy all of civilization.
Source: The Great Flood -
All of this raises the question, however, of why he needs to gamble with controlling the God of Destruction to destroy just one city with all of these fairly potent back up plans.
Source: Video Game / Sonic Adventure - Meaning Gabrielle has to injure herself to use the ability and, when the need to destroy a very powerful ward arises, using the axe kills her, then raises her as an undead.
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