"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
  • Yet the Earth had slowly destroyed the greater part of the human race.
  • He was slowly destroying her, and she didn't know how to stop him.
  • The tobacco industry our way of life is being slowly destroyed.
  • The civil war had started and the army was slowly destroyed by the insurgency forces.
  • As the years went on, the disease slowly destroyed Reagan's mental capacity.
  • "We are slowly destroying ourselves," he says, and I agree.
  • "Don't you care at all that Giyan is being slowly destroyed?"
  • However, mighty Alpha powers were beginning to slowly destroy the world.
  • They lay bare the President's mind and thoughts as he slowly destroys himself.
  • Ten years later, the damaged valve became infected, and was slowly destroyed.
5. destroyed outright = zniszczony wprost destroyed outright
(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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