fordo
Americanverb (used with object)
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to do away with; kill; destroy.
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to ruin; undo.
verb
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to destroy
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to exhaust
Etymology
Origin of fordo
before 900; Middle English fordon, Old English fordōn ( fore-, do 1 ); cognate with Dutch verdoen, Old High German fartuon
Example Sentences
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Since the war, agency inspectors have not been granted access to sites such as Fordo and Natanz, which were hit in the strikes, but they have been able to visit other sites.
From Barron's
One of the targets was Fordo, a uranium enrichment plant hidden in a remote mountainside that is vital to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
From BBC
US intelligence assessments have been more cautious, with a leaked preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency report concluding that while all three sites - at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan - were heavily damaged, they were not completely destroyed.
From BBC
The operation involved 125 US military aircraft and targeted three nuclear facilities: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
From BBC
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview Tuesday with CBS News that Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization was still evaluating the impact at the Fordo site, “but what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged.”
From Los Angeles Times
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