"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
(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
1. destroy times = zniszcz czasy destroy times
2. destroy stores = zniszcz sklepy destroy stores
  • Fires starting in the shingles destroyed many brick homes, mills, stores and outbuildings.
  • The Sullivan Expedition moved through the area in 1779 destroying native villages and stores.
  • Tallmadge's force destroyed stores and took captive not just the armed defenders but a number of non-combatants as well.
  • Raiders captured 30 of retreating enemy and destroyed tents and stores.
  • Although the British soldiers were ordered to destroy ammunition and stores they could not easily remove, large quantities of these were left intact.
  • There is no doubt that direct price competition from large discount stores destroys small stores selling the same goods.
  • Environmentalists say the army has been secretly destroying stores of chemical weapons in Shikhany, just four miles away.
  • "It's one thing to destroy stores, they can be rebuilt, but this was a beautiful mix of people," he said.
  • In 1929 a tidal wave struck this small fishing community destroying many small ships and local stores.
  • For hours, the day following, they tried repeatedly to destroy Japanese factories and stores.
3. destroy one's memory = niszczyć czyjś pamięć destroy one's memory
(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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