15 Usage Examples Depicting the Meaning of 'Destroy' in a Sentence
"To break or damage something so badly that it cannot be used or repaired; to completely ruin or eliminate." more
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By the time they arrived, the storm had destroyed the entire coastal village.
After the battle, the enemy's stronghold will have been destroyed.
The construction crew was destroying the old building to make way for a modern skyscraper.
Fires can destroy entire forests.
The artist chose to destroy the canvas and start anew with a different concept.
As the storm approaches, the powerful winds will be destroying anything in their path.
The fire destroyed all the valuable documents in the office.
He is destroying the competition in the chess tournament.
Over time, pollution has been destroying the coral reefs in the ocean.
Climate change will have been destroying Arctic icebergs by the next decade.
The wildfire threatened to destroy acres of farmland and crops.
The virus will have destroyed many cells by the time the vaccine is developed.
Negative thoughts are destroying her inner peace.
Greed and corruption can destroy the fabric of a society.
The wildfire will have destroyed acres of lush forest by tomorrow morning.
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