destroys
- present tense form of destroy (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"Many people hold onto the American dream, but given how tough things are getting, you can't be the salmon swimming against the current -- because you get tired, you burn out, it destroys you."
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Doctors later told Caroline, who lives near Haverhill, Suffolk, that the "boil" was in fact necrotising fasciitis – a rare infection that destroys tissue beneath the skin.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
How the Spurs’ star destroys NBA offenses without laying a finger on the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
If voluntarily storing information with Google destroys Fourth Amendment protection, he suggested, why would the same logic not apply to email, documents, cloud photographs, or calendars?
From Slate • May 20, 2026
But a closer look at the data destroys this theory.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
