- present participle of destroy.
destroying
Example Sentences
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Russian drone pilots have also focused on destroying Ukrainian drone launch sites.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
Chinese destroyers sailing past those bases today could, in war, be tasked with striking and destroying them, said Koh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
“They say in the industry destroying a launch pad is the second-worst thing that can happen,” Keeton said, “with the first being loss of a crew.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Bexobrutideg, a BTK kinase degrader, works by destroying target proteins rather than simply turning them off.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“So those hybrids destroying your house—that bruise you supposedly got—that was just to convince me to come back?”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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