destroy

Example Sentences

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“I am Pirate Bob. I control this ocean and you are not welcome here. But you have something that I want. I will not destroy you if you give it to me.”

From Literature

This setup, the report said, would allow launching sites to be “relatively invulnerable” to enemy warheads, requiring a “massive blanket Soviet thermonuclear attack” to destroy Iceworm launchers.

From Los Angeles Times

But if AI destroys the sources of human text, then where would they be?

From Barron's

Much of the historic baroque Old Town was destroyed during World War II, and under Soviet rule Narva became predominantly Russian-speaking.

From Barron's

Its enrichment equipment was either destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes last June or buried under tons of rubble.

From The Wall Street Journal