Sentence examples for destroy the tree from inspiring English sources

That devilish trickster, Coyote, has decided to destroy the Tree of Worlds and has loosed his vicious minions on Mr. Feld, who has technical knowledge he needs.

Contractors with chainsaws moved in yesterday after a tree preservation order was revoked and Bradford council gave the go-ahead to the supermarket giant to destroy the tree, half of whose branches reach into land occupied by the Ecology.

The adult females tunnel into the trunk and lay eggs; the larvae destroy the tree by munching the wood into a pulp, turning the inside of the tree into a soggy mush and leaving its vascular system to rot.

The explosions were designed to not destroy the tree.

Section 5 authorizes the state entomologist to destroy the trees if the owner, after being notified, fails to do so.

The larvae hatch in the spring and tunnel into the trees, feed on the wood and destroy the trees.

"They will just take everything in the landscape and if they destroy the trees and eat the grasses there's no kangaroos, no emus, no small birds if there's no trees, no reptiles," she says.

Later, the people rose up to destroy the trees that they felt caused their misery.

"But for the most part we haven't seen many cases where people try to destroy the trees, sneakily or not". Oaks can be frustrating for homeowners because their prickly leaves fall year round, creating drainage and maintenance issues, and their roots fan out.

Once deposited under a tree's bark in the fall, the eggs burrow in, hatch and emerge in the spring, destroying the tree in the process.

"The acid eats right through the bark and cambial zone to the wood zone, destroying the tree's defense system," said Eric T. Fleisher, the director of horticulture at the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, which oversees the public park at the lower tip of Manhattan.