"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
(40) dream, freedom, happiness
Kolokacji: 3
1. destroy one's dream = niszczyć czyjś sen destroy one's dream
  • If you trust me, believe me: what is in here destroys our dream of marriage.
  • Glory or not, he will be remembered for the twist of fate that destroyed his dream in 1984.
  • With the governor ill, I have to stand alone against those who would destroy my husband's dream.
  • Now she was bound to destroy her grandmother's dream again.
  • She couldn't stand the thought of destroying Maggie's dream.
  • Jim could destroy her dream of a career in Starfleet.
  • The pirates must not be allowed to destroy our dream," they wrote.
  • It saddened him to think that he must be the one who would destroy her dream.
  • Though he was eventually healed, this accident nearly destroyed his dream to become a sculptor.
  • Now, as if in league with the forces that were destroying his dream below, the drug refused to give him relief.
2. destroy freedom = zniszcz wolność destroy freedom
3. destroy one's happiness = niszczyć czyjś szczęście destroy one's happiness
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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