Sentence examples for are designed to crush from inspiring English sources

The US government's serial prosecutorial excesses aimed at internet freedom activists, journalists, whistleblowers and the like are designed to crush meaningful efforts to challenge their power and conduct.

And I have been reminded that UK ferry ports (not flying – birds do it better) are designed to crush the souls of all trudging through them, including the blind drunk passengers dressed in wacky hats.

The paradox is the greater since the American commissioning process could have been designed to crush innovation.

Kathy Yates, of Andrew Grove Solicitors, said: "The regime at the school appeared to be designed to crush and intimidate the children, many of whom were already disadvantaged.

According to the FBI's Director, James B. Comey, the operations were designed to "crush these pimps" and show that children are not for sale.

Originally built in the 1830s, the Old Spanish Sugar Mill at De Leon Springs State Park in Volusia County was designed to crush sugar cane using a water wheel and the power of the springhead that today shoots forth 19 million gallons of water a day.

The dimensions of the to be crushed ice sheet and the stiffened plate were chosen to present a full size ship or offshore structure steel plating which are designed to withstand the crushing loads of 60 cm thick level ice.

Their two new models, the noise-cancelling Venue and the bass-heavy Crusher 360, are designed to hit the Bose/B&O/Sony quality point while still maintaining a bit of Beats styling.

The research focused on axial crush structures that are designed to absorb crash energy by progressive axial folding.

In fact, the test columns were designed to experience crushing before reaching the critical buckling load.

In the airline business, the three remaining private carriers Okay, Spring Airlines and JuneYao Airlines survive in a system that is almost designed to crush them.