Sentence examples for means to destroy from inspiring English sources

Fidesz shot down the measure by organising a referendum, in part as a means to destroy the government's legitimacy.

If no embryo can be destroyed – and to experiment on them means to "destroy" them – where will the research go?

(To overwrite, in computing, means to destroy old data by storing new data in their place; overwriting is an artifact of an era when computer storage was very expensive).

As the curtain closes, the famous sculptor strikes marble as though he means to destroy it, contouring each side and dimension to fit his tastes.

He now means to destroy London with the very missile he has constructed for Britain, by means of a Soviet-supplied nuclear warhead that has been secretly fitted to the Moonraker.

The president-elect, whose adopted surname means "to destroy one's betters through suspect methods and gloat at their debasement"—and, in a lesser-known usage, "to speak only in lies, without consequence"—also called Congress "fat".

Then came a media campaign meant to destroy his reputation.

What concretely does it mean to "destroy" your business?

"Pandas are cute, but they are meant to destroy Taiwan's psychological defenses".

He added: "This report was not merely meant to destroy me.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution coined the angry verb "to bork," which meant to destroy a nominee by whatever means necessary.