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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It had also moved squadrons of fighter jets and refuelling aircraft from the US to Europe, but the B2 stealth bomber flights that were used to hit the Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites actually took off from US bases in Missouri.
From BBC
In June 2025, the US strikes targeted three uranium enrichment facilities in Iran: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
From BBC
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
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