destroy

Example Sentences

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Rubble from a few homes destroyed by the landslide could be seen at the bottom of the cliff, "and there's a risk that another 20 metres or so could fall, impacting other homes", he said.

From Barron's

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said at the time that the goal was to “destroy or severely degrade Iran’s nuclear program.”

From MarketWatch

Video clips later published by McGill University’s Office for Science and Society show Mercola telling the psychic that he wants to “destroy the veterinary industry.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In this scenario, debris from collisions accumulates around Earth, making it nearly impossible to launch spacecraft without them being destroyed.

From Science Daily

Resilience, too, is transmitted, as is a desire to preserve the love that wasn’t destroyed in the family conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times