"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 64

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 40

(1) evidence, marriage, data, information, stockpile

Kolokacji: 5

(2) document, copy, paper, note

Kolokacji: 4

(3) property, thing, acre, wealth, plantation

Kolokacji: 5

1. destroy property = zniszcz własność destroy property

destroy one's property, destroy properties

2. destroy things = zniszcz sprawy destroy things

3. destroy several acres = zniszcz kilka szmatu destroy several acres

4. destroy wealth = zniszcz bogactwo destroy wealth

5. destroy plantations = zniszcz plantacje destroy plantations

He said that the rebels destroyed bridges and plantations to disrupt banana exports and that they left residents short of fuel and food.
The peddlers fought back in 1711, Olinda invading and causing fires and destroying villages and plantations in the region.
General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through the state in early 1865, destroying numerous plantations, and captured the state capital of Columbia on February 17.
Apart from using his mindless shock troops, Crayak has also manipulated natural forces to destroy numerous species, such as altering their climate or sending plagues to destroy their crops and plantations.
The nematode species Heterorhabditis indica has been used effectively against the red weevil, Rhinotia haemoptera, an insect pest that can destroy groves and plantations of coconut and migrate to date palms and other palms, causing economic damage to farmers and landscapers.
But that night the city of Belem endures the most violent storm that anyone has ever seen, leaving roofless houses, corpses, destroyed plantations, and a ruined port.
But all this was in response to the Spanish order in 1751 to enslave captured Muslims and destroy their settlements, boats, plantations, and fields.
This strategy allowed Generals Sherman and Philip Sheridan to destroy plantations and towns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
She became the first woman to lead U.S. soldiers into combat when, under the order of Colonel James Montgomery, took a contingent of soldiers in South Carolina behind enemy lines, destroying plantations and freeing 750 slaves in the process.
Nanib destroys or captures the saltpetre sites and plantations supplying Edwardson's forces inside the fort and fends off three counterattacks.