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词组 destroy
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destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ verb to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repairedadverbscompletely/totally/utterly destroy sth The house was completely destroyed.partially destroy sth (=destroy part of something) The fire partially destroyed the prison.almost/nearly/practically/virtually destroy sth A 15-year civil war has virtually destroyed the country.effectively destroy sth (=used when saying that this was the real result of someone’s actions) He was the man who effectively destroyed the Italian Socialist party.nounsdestroy a building/house/city etc The explosion destroyed the building.destroy the world/planet No one wants another war, which might destroy the world.destroy the evidence (=deliberately destroy evidence of a crime) They set light to the car to destroy the evidence.destroy sb’s career/reputation The scandal destroyed his political career.destroy sb’s power Mrs Thatcher wanted to destroy the power of the unions.destroy sb’s hopes/dreams That defeat destroyed the team’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals.destroy sb’s confidence When he failed his degree, it completely destroyed his confidence.destroy the myth (=show that something is completely untrue) The Vietnam war destroyed the myth that the United States could not be defeated.verbs + destroythreaten to destroy sth (=used especially when saying something is likely to destroy something) Our dependence on oil threatens to destroy our planet.set out to destroy sth (=deliberately try to destroy) He set out to destroy his opponent’s political reputation.THESAURUS: destroy devastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it: Allied bombing in 1943 devastated the city. | The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting. demolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident: The original 15th-century house was demolished in Victorian times. | The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings. flatten to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing: The town centre was flattened by a 500-pound bomb. wreck to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building: The toilets had been wrecked by vandals. | They just wrecked the place. trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc: Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs. obliterate formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains: The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima. reduce sth to ruins/rubble/ashes to destroy a building or town completely: The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War. ruin to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed: Fungus may ruin the crop. | The new houses will ruin the view.
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