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1 - Certain medical substances have the power to destroy or check the growth of infectious organisms in the body.

2 - Under ultraviolet light, surfaces coated with titanium dioxide can kill bacteria and destroy their toxins.

3 - Cancer is a disease in which cells multiply wildly, destroy healthy tissue, and endanger life.

4 - Each time we build new roads, cut down trees, or plough up land, we destroy the homes of living things.

5 - Many people think that multinationals are more powerful than nation states and that they are determined to destroy anything that reduces their profits.