"destroy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Also, the 'Stately' is commanded by Duff, a paederast, who destroys discipline by taking young lovers among his forecastlemen, and another by a tyrant, Captain Thomas who, unlike Aubrey, values spit and polish more than efficiency in battle, and indiscriminately flogs his crewmen.
- The consequent degeneracy destroyed discipline and morale: "[a] soldier had to learn that he existed to uphold law and order, not to undermine it."
- "The FARC is obtaining a lot of money by protecting coca leaf farmers and cocaine traffickers," said Carlos Ossa Escobar, a senior presidential adviser, "but this is beginning to corrupt them and destroy their morality and discipline."
- Also, the Stately is commanded by Duff, a paederast, who destroys discipline by taking young lovers among his forecastlemen.
- Some top generals fear that open acceptance of homosexuals will destroy morale and discipline.
- "The focal point here is does the adultery destroy or compromise good order and discipline in the military - that's the issue," Mr. Bacon said.
- In reality, when brutality occurred, it tended to destroy naval discipline, which rested on unstated consent, not force.
- He wasn't surprised the other's presence had destroyed discipline on the mainland this morning.
- They were pirates and not one of them had prevented Julius from destroying discipline with his obscene flattery and promises.
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