destroy

Example Sentences

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If she tries to shield her party from accountability, she’ll destroy her credibility with the electorate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Here’s the part people don’t expect to hear: It didn’t destroy us.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

How can doctors destroy cancer cells without harming healthy tissue?

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

You can’t destroy an industry of incredible value if the product doesn’t do something incredibly valuable.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

But Larisa had managed to avoid the antiaircraft searchlights, and the German pilot's aim in the dark wasn’t accurate enough to destroy their plane.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein