"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
(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
1. destroy files = zniszcz akta destroy files
  • Colonel Piotrowski said it is normal practice to destroy such files after a certain period of time unless they are of historical interest.
  • But rational people can wonder why the Clintons and her partners were so anxious to destroy certain files at crucial moments.
  • Note that the employment tribunal normally destroys files within one year of sending the judgment to the parties involved.
  • The state destroys old files, but records back to 1991 showed no license.
  • Some viruses are merely designed to exist, but others may be written to destroy files or make a computer crash.
  • "There was nothing in my orders about destroying the suspect's equipment and files."
  • Either by destroying important files or otherwise damaging the system.
  • But while Melissa was largely benign, the current program has the potential to destroy files and can spread in additional ways.
  • Under questioning from reporters, General Schwanitz, the new security chief, said he had given the order to destroy files and documents.
  • It destroyed all the paper and electronic files on the Francis Project.
(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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