destroy
verb (used with object)
to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
am destroying
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present progressiveof destroy (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You do all these things because it is how you tell people: Don’t worry about how I am destroying everything around you.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025
If I am destroying important evidence, that is not freedom,” said Mr. Khan, who appears on India Today and the Aaj Tak news channel.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
They tell me that by my stubbornness in this doctrine of the Sacrament I am destroying the harmony of the church.
From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Theodore Graebner
And though your father does keep on grumbling and saying that I am destroying the old place, I don't think he really minds.
From With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
I have broken the heart of one man, and I am destroying the soul of another.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
