Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Settles
Both words in one sentence
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When it dawns upon him that he can't win, he settles for trying to destroy the country instead, via the titular dragon that is way too strong for him to control.
Source: Video Game / Quest for Glory V - Subverted in the end because the drug lord finds the Sons to be too useful to destroy, calls off the war and instead settles for personal retribution on Tigs alone.
Source: Mob War -
After the dust settles however, they're all shocked to find out that the massive blast didn't destroy the Wulgaru.
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