Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Setting up is an antonym for destroy.
Setting up
Both terms in one sentence
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Drakon has Gwendolyn setting up a bio-bomb to destroy all the life in the world if she is suddenly killed.
Source: Literature / The Draka - The 5,111th Prophecy of Grendel in Scrapped Princess foretells that the eponymous heroine will destroy the world, setting up the conflict between her select few guardians and the rest of it.
Source: The Prophecy - This time, he and Maid Marian foment a slave revolt and destroy most of the remaining robots, setting up the Sheriff and Robin Hood's inevitable showdown.
Source: Bond Villain Stupidity
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