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Example sentences for: destroy

How can you use “destroy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He may want me to destroy them.
A panic, when it occurs, can do far more than destroy a single bank.
About a year ago the chairman of Cathay Pacific, Peter Sutch, defended such arrangements, saying that "unfettered competition" would destroy the "stability" of the market.
They are, however, forbidden to "stir up chaos and destroy social stability."
Women who take the initiative--a broad category of behavior that includes most signs of life, not to mention common politeness--"destroy male ambition and animal drive.