destroy

Example Sentences

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"I treat patients from 16 onwards, and to see schoolchildren whose lives have completely destroyed by this virus is horrific," she says.

From BBC

"We inherited a country which was completely destroyed and we're working on laws to renew and adapt a new country - so it's taking time."

From BBC

Afterward, under International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring, Pretoria destroyed a stash of parts, documents and equipment stored at former nuclear-weapons sites.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the rearview mirror, almost nobody thinks that was a good idea, for either athletics or international relations: It nearly destroyed the U.S.

From Salon

Last year, a fire at their Mumbai warehouse destroyed part of the company's precious archive.

From Barron's