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Sack from the French city of yore (7)

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destroy

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(Other definitions for destroy that I've seen before include "Get rid of" , "'Demolish, ruin (7)'" , "put to death" , "Ruin; pull down" , "Completely ruin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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