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destroy
A2Frequent NGSL-2to damage something so badly that it no longer exists, works, etc.
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Just as inevitably, the work of reading and writing literature stands in opposition to all acts that destroy life.
Han Kang's Nobel Prize Banquet Speech (2024)
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Within an inch of my life, I'm going to destroy this room!
Many schools have been destroyed in Nigeria.
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