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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
destruct .
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"destructed", the Knoxville City Council to "please do somethin 'about it, Knoxville being too big a city to keep callin' street's alleys," the City Council promptly and unanimously voted to change the name of
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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They self destructed, and now a Foa is the odds on favor to win in my mind.
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Mr. NORTON: It came out of one of these guys telling us that he had self-destructed in a parole interview and tried to walk out of the room.
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Mr. NORTON: It came out of one of these guys telling us that he had self-destructed in a parole interview and tried to walk out of the room.
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Yeah, but the Tafts seem to have self-destructed quite wonderfully.
Matthew Yglesias » The Bush Family Stamping on a Human Face Forever 2009
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Voters who benefit from free trade – employed consumers – do not reward politicians with yea votes, but those whose jobs are creatively destructed do punish politicians with nay votes.
Economists, Bridge, and National Savings, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Coach Bruce Boudreau was in foul mood after the Caps self-destructed Friday in Atlanta.
Bruce Boudreau 'pretty disappointed' with Friday's effort Tarik El-Bashir 2010
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An obsessive, odd person apparently self-destructed.
Obama sends condolences to Jackson's family, says Gibbs 2009
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Winning the election required no concrete proposals, as his opponent's campaign self-destructed when candidate George Allen used a scatalogical term ( "macaca") to refer to a reporter with Arabic facial features.
James Webb's Macaca, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“Yeah, but the Tafts seem to have self-destructed quite wonderfully.”
Matthew Yglesias » The Bush Family Stamping on a Human Face Forever 2009
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