destroy
Example Sentences
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Elephants are considered sacred in Sri Lanka and are protected by law, but farmers and residents in remote villages sometimes attack wild elephants that destroy crops.
From Barron's
These therapies work by training a patient's own immune system to detect and destroy dangerous cells.
From Science Daily
A Metropolitan Police bomb disposal robot destroyed a box of Labour MPs' unsent Christmas cards that had triggered a lockdown around Parliament.
From BBC
Palisades Village has been closed since the Jan. 7 wildfire destroyed much of the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
Ailish Davies, a jobseeker from Leicester in the UK, says that being ghosted by the small firms and big corporations alike is "soul destroying".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
