Word: wipes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Japanese had tried on numerous occasions to wipe out the guerrillas," Gardener revealed, "but no matter how many times they were beaten, the Chinese always came back. They seriously upset mining on numerous occasions by sneaking up to the mines, overpowering the guards, and smashing the pump and hoist machinery. Japanese miners were killed wholesale underground when the mines filled with water...
...relentless: his was the patience, the endurance, the determination to wipe out the last Philippine defender, though it meant expenditure of a major force on the bloody, outnumbered remnants of the islands' defensive garrison. His heavy artillery, from cleverly concealed positions across Manila Bay, bombarded three of the four forts guarding the bay. His bombers braved uncannily accurate ack-ack fire to hound Bataan positions night & day. His infantry closed in, hoping for the kill...
...commerce destroying in this area must be conducted from Pearl Harbor, some five thousand miles away. Needless to say, this is not a very efficient means of blockade. The only alternative to such a blockade is for the superior American Battle Fleet to engage the Japanese fleet, and wipe it off the sea. But without bases nearer to Japan than Pearl Harbor, we have no means of forcing the Japanese fleet to engage in a battle action...
...troops at the rail paid scant attention; they were in no mood for music and speeches. To welcoming Britons who had expected U.S. capers, a hoary sergeant major explained: "We're just getting mad. We'll wipe...
...this unprecedented authority over the economy of the U.S., Nelson can wipe out existing businesses, start others, commandeer materials, seize plants. His orders take precedence over the orders of all Government departments. SPABsters, as members of the new War Production Board, are now only his advisers...