"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
  • A ship could strike them at thousands of miles per second and be instantly destroyed.
  • Any object which is shot at or thrown will be destroyed instantly.
  • If antimatter and matter make contact, both are destroyed instantly.
  • Two companies stole away up to the advanced posts, which they destroyed instantly.
  • Or maybe they did reach a bottom and were instantly destroyed, before they knew it, by impact.
  • The player may aim for a "critical point" that instantly destroys the Smile.
  • "He calls me his little girlfriend," she said, instantly destroying the illusion that her lie is the same as any other 12-year-old's.
  • Two of them collided with holograms and were instantly destroyed.
  • The troll had been instantly destroyed by the light.
  • Upon any evasive or hostile move, you will be instantly destroyed.
(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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