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de·stroys

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  1. List of paraphrases for "destroys":

    destroyed, demolishes, destroy, devastates, batters

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#6266destroy
#6681destroyed
#22284destroys
#37341batters
#155783demolishes
#175231devastates

How to use destroys in a sentence?

  1. Roger Sweet:

    Although a closure does affect our local economy, if a wildfire destroys the forest, we have no economy.

  2. Emil Cioran:

    Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.

  3. Brad Morton:

    This bill destroys the solar energy industry in Indiana. It takes away any little bit of economic incentive and puts it right into the pockets of the utility company.

  4. Christophe Snoeck:

    Cremation destroys all organic matter [ including DNA ] but all the inorganic matter survives and we know, from the study of tooth enamel, that there is a huge amount of information contained in the inorganic fraction of human remains.

  5. James Martin:

    I would quote Jesus: 'Let you who is without sin cast the first stone,' what happens is, (the shaming) destroys a person's life and livelihood, which is unjust. And it goes against the Christian message of forgiveness.


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  • नष्ट कर देता हैHindi

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