Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attacks pointed up the difference between Russia's bad-weather tactics and Germany's fair-weather tactics. The Russians drive wedges, hoping to cut communications and make the enemy fall back. The Germans drive wedges and bend them into encirclements, hoping to cut off the enemy and destroy him. In the difference may lie the future of Russia...
...most of his New York colleagues. In addition, the Crimson critic has the consolation of being almost functionless in a practical sense. No matter how many stones he may throw, not a ripple will disturb the bustle and equanimity of the musical world of Boston and environs. He cannot destroy a budding artist nor stir up a nation-wide controversy at the drop of a single deadly phrase. Yet this seeming impotence should, by allowing more freedom than usual for expressing opinions and throwing weight around, make college reviewing more "provocative" (as they say in the book reviews), even...
...Navy Department sent three messages to the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet; the first of December 3, 1941, stated that it was believed certain Japanese consulates were destroying their codes and burning secret documents; the second of December 4, 1941, instructed the addressee to destroy confidential documents and means of confidential communication; and the third of December 4, 1941, directing that in view of the tense situation the naval commands on the outlying Pacific islands might be authorized to destroy confidential papers...
...resistance to it (Reds may have found a relatively undefended sector); the size of the Russian forces (which must hold the ground they have gained if the wedge is to be effective); and how much momentum the Reds had (since to exploit the wedge they must eventually surround and destroy German forces...
...dark laboratory, the animals turned green, then turned red again not only on exposure to light but to heat. Reason: migration of a red pigment between the animal's interior and its surfaces. Its purpose: to protect the chlorophyll granules from an overload of light, which would destroy the pigment. Besides making food like plants, Euglenae also can eat like animals...