Destruir in english
Destroy
pronunciation: dɪstrɔɪ part of speech: verb
pronunciation: dɪstrɔɪ part of speech: verb
In gestures
destruir = demolish ; destroy ; knock out ; scupper ; wipe out ; trash ; pull apart ; sweep away ; knock down ; rack [wrack] ; wreak + destruction ; destruct ; shred ; wreck ; decimate ; lay + waste to ; wash out ; run down ; break down ; blow up ; rubbish ; stomp + Nombre + out ; smash ; run + Nombre + (in)to the ground ; knock + the bottom out of ; blow ; break + Nombre + apart ; tear + Nombre + apart ; break + Nombre + apart ; tear + Nombre + apart.
Example: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.Example: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.Example: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.Example: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.Example: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.Example: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being 'trashed' by the rush towards technology.Example: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Example: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Example: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.Example: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.Example: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.Example: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.Example: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or 'shredded'.Example: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Example: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.Example: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Example: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.Example: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.Example: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.Example: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.Example: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Example: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Example: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Example: The current owners purchased the business from the previous owners because they had apparently ran it to the ground.Example: The aggravated situation provides new arguments for supporters of military intervention, and knocks the bottom out of the adherents of the diplomatic process.Example: Then the car engine blew in an explosion that made the hood bunch up from the impact of thrown pistons.Example: He had been there to help her when she needed him during those long dark hours when the fear of losing her son had almost broken her apart.Example: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Example: It was the size of a truck and was breaking apart as it crashed down, throwing out little bits of hot shrapnel that zinged past me.Example: It tore her apart when you broke her heart, but she's still right there loving you.more:
» bombardear destruyendo completamente Algo = bomb + Nombre + to the ground .
Example: The library was bombed to the ground in the last days of World War II.» chocar destruyendo = smash into .
Example: An unmanned level-crossing was the scene of an accident in which 12 migrants without work permits died when a train smashed into their van.» destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits ; blow + Nombre + out of the water ; blow + Nombre + to pieces ; total .
Example: Even the most stable of industries, the most focused of business models and strongest of brands can be blown to bits by new information technology. Example: Tall television towers and large skyscrapers blow the 'lightning never strikes twice' myth out of the water. Example: If you sit on the lid of progress, you will be blown to pieces. Example: Her intentions were to find her bearings and get back on the road, but when she totalled her car after encountering an oversized wolf, she had no choice but to extend her stay.» destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes .
Example: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.» destruir una ciudad = level + a city .
Example: Kids can use the pliable dough to build all manner of things -- rather than level cities and shoot people -- and they can even eat moderate amounts of it without ending up in the emergency room.» destruir un mito = explode + a myth .
Example: The article 'Those (in)destructible disks: or, another myth exploded' describes the characteristics of the ubiquitous 360K 51/4-inch floppy disc.» fuego + destruir = fire + destroy .
Example: This article describes the architecture of the library in Skorping, Denmark, built on the site of an old inn destroyed by fire.» fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut .
Example: It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.