"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 40
(2) document, copy, paper, note
Kolokacji: 4
(8) life, wildlife
Kolokacji: 2
(9) weapon, missile, warhead
Kolokacji: 3
(13) record, book, page, content
Kolokacji: 4
1. destroy targets = zniszcz cele destroy targets
2. destroy objects = zniszcz przedmioty destroy objects
4. plan to destroy = plan niszczenia plan to destroy
5. destroy one's plans = niszczyć czyjś plany destroy one's plans
6. destroy one's love = niszczyć czyjś miłość destroy one's love
7. destroy discipline = zniszcz dyscyplinę destroy discipline
  • 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.
(16) reputation, stock, flower
Kolokacji: 3
(19) car, machine, machinery, train
Kolokacji: 4
(22) habitat, Yugoslavia, Carthage
Kolokacji: 3
(24) thousands, hundreds
Kolokacji: 2
(27) credibility, nature
Kolokacji: 2
(28) others, future
Kolokacji: 2
(29) work, mine, farm, shop
Kolokacji: 4
(33) file, furniture
Kolokacji: 2
(34) morale, tumor, health, nerve
Kolokacji: 4
(35) bunker, fortification, art
Kolokacji: 3
(36) democracy, Communism
Kolokacji: 2
(38) economy, capitalism
Kolokacji: 2
(39) time, store, memory
Kolokacji: 3
(40) dream, freedom, happiness
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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