7 sentences with 'destroy'
Example sentences and phrases with the word destroy and other words derived from it.
• « The day it finally dawned on me that I did not need to control my wife-that, in fact, I should not and could not control her, and that, if I tried, it would destroy our relationship-was the day our marriage began. »
• « Athens had to sue for peace. Sparta destroyed the Athenian defences it had used during the war, but did not destroy the city itself, and within a year the Athenians created a new government. »
• « What they could not do, however, was to destroy the Shia, despite the death of Ali. Shia Muslims, who represented about 10% of the Ummah's population (then and now), considered Umayyad rule fundamentally illegitimate, rejecting the very idea of a caliphate and arguing instead that the faithful should be led by an imam: a direct biological and spiritual descendant of Muhammad's family. »
• « Mikhail Bakunin was the exemplary figure in this regard - Bakunin believed that the only way to create a perfect socialist future was to completely destroy the existing political and social order, after which the "natural" human tendencies of peace and altruism would manifest themselves and create a better society for all. »
• « Futurism's stated aim was to destroy the remnants of the art of the past and replace it with the art of the future, an art that reflected the modern, industrial world. Futurism sought something new and better than what the Victorian bourgeoisie had invented: something heroic. »
• « Fascists from all over Italy came together in the famous "March on Rome", a highly staged piece of political theatre to demonstrate Fascist unity and strength. Mussolini then set out to destroy Italian democracy from within. »