1. destroy
Earthquakes destroy buildings.
There are plenty of things that can damage or even destroy those high-tech memories.
Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.
With respect to these documents, I think the best thing is to destroy them.
A bad interview can destroy someone’s confidence.
We adults shouldn't destroy the intelligent and creative capacity of children.
Half the world's rainforests have already been destroyed.
Godzilla will never ever destroy the Imperial Palace nor the signboards of the sponsoring companies.
We mustn't let our planet be destroyed.
Alcohol destroys brain cells
In New York City, the term "Ground Zero" is the place where the World Trade Centre was destroyed in September 2001.
Sadly, we are destroying the environment and many species are disappearing.
1. You destroy everyone who gets close. / 2. Our mission is search and destroy.
The business of the journalist is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread.
2. destroyed
Who destroyed the garden?
It was in the 1920s that a big earthquake destroyed Tokyo.
Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.
The construction of the dam created an artificial lake that destroyed a whole ecosystem.
But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.
Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.
The neighbouring house was destroyed, but mine survived just a bit of cost for repair.
It's a tragedy that rainforests are being destroyed for the sake of profits.
Rev. King's house was destroyed by a bomb. But still, the buses went on empty.
Ten million hectares of ancient forest are being cleared or destroyed every year. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
And in many countries, where the animals are already under pressure because their homes are being destroyed by agriculture, things can get even worse.
A warehouse full of illegal fireworks blew up and destroyed a whole city block.