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deleterious
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having harmful effects; injurious
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despoil
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to deprive of possessions or property by force; plunder; rob
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effectual
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producing or sufficient to produce a desired result; fully adequate
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jettison
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to discard as unwanted or burdensome
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obviate
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to prevent by anticipating; make unnecessary
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pinnacle
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the highest point; summit; acme
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raze
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to tear down or demolish; level to the ground
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stultify
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to render useless or inadequate; cripple
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surmount
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to overcome an obstacle; to conquer
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wrest
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to obtain by or as by pulling with violent twisting movements
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