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.
will destroy
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future tenseof destroy.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A listing, they say, will destroy its character by making it accountable to outside shareholders whose focus would be financial returns.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The message was clear: pursue this investigation, and we will destroy your career,” the suit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
“They may have realized it was simply bad business to say that your great new product will destroy the economy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He does not seem to think about the jobs it will destroy, the way it is poisoning creativity or education, the way it warps our shared sense of reality.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Centuries ago, it was prophesied that one day there will be a Manifestor who will destroy the Remarkable world. This person is called the Manowari, the destroyer.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
