"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
  • Women and children, whole families, destroyed simply because they were born different from those in power.
  • They are simply destroying anything and everything in their path.
  • "Very many of the law enforcement institutions were simply destroyed," she said.
  • They could have dumped her anywhere, or simply destroyed the body.
  • If we were a threat to them, why not simply destroy us?
  • "Why not simply destroy the Oracle and end the threat?"
  • "And they were simply destroying the fleet, not taking any prisoners."
  • He simply destroyed george in his prime, at a time when many thought ali would be seriously hurt.
  • In most such situations, the losers' gear was simply destroyed.
  • Not get destroyed simply because they couldn't find their way out of a castle in pitch darkness.
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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