Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Both words in one sentence
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The Meteor Gun used to destroy the Starfighter staging base in The Last Starfighter is one of the most overlooked, forgotten, yet freaking awesome railguns in sci-fi movie history.
Source: Magnetic Weapons -
Eventually, the Atlantis and its three sister ships are re-united and combined into the truly massive warship Ark, used as a staging ground in the penultimate battle and as a Wave Motion Gun by Primus to destroy the Unicron Singularity.
Source: Atlantis -
At the end of the episode, Jessica proved that her friend was innocent, that there was in fact no murder; the 'victim' committed suicide in a last desperate attempt to destroy his old foe by staging his death to look like he had been murdered.
Source: Video Wills aka: Video Will
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Staging and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/staging
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Staging or Destroy. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/staging.
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