"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
  • Prosecutors said the officers ransacked the apartments, destroyed furniture, woke a sleeping woman at gunpoint and wrote "We want the radio" on a wall.
  • They destroyed furniture, stole property including the personal possessions of our staff and set fire to the main Embassy office building.
  • He's a pretty great cat, so I sort of just let him live here and systematically destroy my clothing and furniture.
  • This can cause thousands of pounds of damage by destroying ceilings, furniture and irreplaceable belongings.
  • Flood damage beyond a few inches may also destroy furniture, appliances, and other personal belongings.
  • Party officials said the police ransacked the offices, destroying furniture and taking stacks of documents.
  • They have been spending their days drinking, gambling, and destroying the chateau's paintings, furniture and other fine objects.
  • (The same doctor noted his "tendency to destroy furniture," and diagnosed him with "psychoneurosis.")
  • A1 East Berlin's security headquarters was stormed by thousands of protesters who destroyed files, furniture and windows.
  • It destroyed furniture, threw things, turned lights on and off and moved pictures round the walls.
(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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