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The heat produced was intense beyond description, and in the hands of less experienced and capable chemists, would have proved destructful to life and property.
Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Mary E. Bradley Lane
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Bows and arrows is less destructful an 'calls for more Woodcraft an' give more sport -- that is, for small game.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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In any event there were less destructful ways to obtain some control of the income trust market if that was deemed necessary.
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If she select a ball made from the earth of a field that bears two crops, she (or her child) will be rich in grain; if from the cow-stall, rich in cattle; if from the place of sacrifice, godly; if from a pool that does not dry, gifted; if from the gambler's court, devoted to gambling; if from cross-roads, unfaithful; if from a barren field, poor in grain; if from the burying-ground, destructful of her husband.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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