"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
  • The city itself was virtually destroyed by fire in 1938-39.
  • "The reality of life is they virtually destroyed our international union."
  • The entire central part of the composition was virtually destroyed.
  • The main campus was virtually destroyed by a fire in April 1985.
  • The group's structure in the province was virtually destroyed, the officials said.
  • The city was virtually destroyed, but nevertheless did not surrender.
  • He thought the city had been virtually destroyed, but not by nukes.
  • The departure of migrants in most recent times has virtually destroyed the economy.
  • They are responsible for virtually destroying this world below you!
  • It virtually destroyed the prestige and power of his Presidency.
(5) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(6) systematically, methodically
Kolokacji: 2
(9) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) simply, literally, truly
Kolokacji: 3
(11) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(12) permanently, temporarily
Kolokacji: 2
(13) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) repeatedly, periodically
Kolokacji: 2

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