"destroy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

destroy verbo

destroy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 214
destroy evidence • destroy documents • destroy property • destroy buildings • destroy cells • destroy part • destroy crops • ...
verbo + destroy
Kolokacji: 45
threaten to destroy • attempt to destroy • seek to destroy • try to destroy • intend to destroy • manage to destroy • want to destroy • ...
destroy + preposición
Kolokacji: 43
destroyed by • destroyed during • destroyed before • destroyed after • destroyed in • ...
destroy + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 86
completely destroyed • totally destroyed • largely destroyed • utterly destroyed • partially destroyed • eventually destroy • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(3) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(4) virtually, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
(5) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(6) systematically, methodically
Kolokacji: 2
(9) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) simply, literally, truly
Kolokacji: 3
  • The threats are real and could literally destroy our country.
  • The American forces weren't literally destroyed, or unable to continue fighting.
  • When the order for retreat finally came in, the 2nd was literally destroyed trying to escape.
  • All that can literally destroy a brand within a few days or a few weeks.
  • My family was literally destroyed by the political oppression: some died and others went into the mountains to become guerrillas.
  • "Last year up there in the playoffs, he literally destroyed us," Levra said.
  • And it literally destroys you because you cannot take chances.
  • The big explosion literally destroyed the big university hall where the celebrations were to take place.
  • Rejection literally destroys the relationships we care most about.
  • Later that night he'd heard her singing voice, the sound that literally destroyed him, blaring from his car radio.
3. truly destroyed = naprawdę zniszczyć truly destroyed
(11) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(12) permanently, temporarily
Kolokacji: 2
(13) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) repeatedly, periodically
Kolokacji: 2

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