to destroy
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Examples
To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'
If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
If you want to destroy your enemy, give him an elephant.
When a bee stings a man, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives.
To destroy the bones of an elephant, strike them against other elephant bones.