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Building and Destroying

Building and Destroying. Bruschetti’s Gifted. deleterious. Having a harmful effect; injurious. despoil. To deprive of possessions or property by force; plunder; rob. The army of Alexander the Great despoiled the ancient city of Tyre. effectual.

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Building and Destroying

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  1. Building and Destroying Bruschetti’s Gifted

  2. deleterious • Having a harmful effect; injurious.

  3. despoil • To deprive of possessions or property by force; plunder; rob. • The army of Alexander the Great despoiled the ancient city of Tyre.

  4. effectual • Producing or sufficient to produce a desired result; fully adequate.

  5. jettison • Trans. Verb • To discard as unwanted or burdensome. To cast off or overboard. (From the Latin word jacere, meaning “to throw”) • After listening to her staff’s objections, the manager jettisoned the marketing plan.

  6. obviate • To prevent by anticipating; make unnecessary. • By careful planning, the operators of the new business obviated many of the difficulties often encountered by young entrepreneurs.

  7. pinnacle • The highest point; summit; acme. • The pinnacle of achievement for many dramatic actors is to perform the role of Hamlet.

  8. raze • Trans. Verb. • To tear down or demolish; level to the ground. From the Latin word rader, meaning “to scrape”)

  9. stultify • Trans. Verb. To render useless or inadequate; cripple. To cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous. • Forcing a reluctant piano student to practice may stultify a natural interest in music.

  10. surmount • Trans. Verb. • To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer. To ascend to the top of; climb. • In his poem “Invictus,” William Ernest Henley wrote of his determination to surmount all difficulties.

  11. wrest • Trans. Verb. To obtain by or as by pulling with violent twisting movements. To usurp forcefully; to wrest power. To extract by force, guile, or persistent effort; wring: to wrest the meaning from an obscure poem.

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