Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Regenerated is an antonym for destroy.
Regenerated
Regenerated adjective - Made or become fresh in spirits or vigor.
Both words in one sentence
- The real explanation is that the Order didn't know how to destroy a lich: Xykon did get destroyed, but regenerated from his phylactery after the Order were long gone.
Source: Hanlon's Razor -
At the end of Age of Ultron, Hank Pym created a virus which would supposedly destroy Ultron once and for all, which constantly regenerated and adapted faster than Ultron could deal with it.
Source: Comic Book / Avengers A.I. - After Eight tried and failed to not get involved in the Time War, the Sisterhood of Kaarn gave him a Sadistic Choice, and he regenerated into someone who could destroy both his homeworld and the Daleks if it ended the War.
Source: The Unfettered
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