thom w wrote:
When it's been 3 or more years, if he is still intent on destroying this country, we should still be trying to stop him.
What exactly has he destroyed? Choose your words carefully DQ.
de·stroy
dəˈstroi/
verb
past tense: destroyed; past participle: destroyed
put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
"the room had been destroyed by fire"
synonyms: demolish, knock down, level, raze (to the ground), fell; More
wreck, ruin, shatter;
blast, blow up, dynamite, explode, bomb
"their offices were destroyed by bombing"
spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, impair, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, wreak havoc on;
informaltotal
"the new highway would destroy the conservation area"
wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, put an end to, put a stop to, terminate, frustrate, blight, crush, quash, dash, scotch;
devastate, demolish, scuttle, sabotage;
informalmess up, foul up, put the kibosh on, fry, do for, blow a hole in;
archaicbring to naught
"illness destroyed his career"
antonyms: build, reconstruct, restore, preserve, bolster, help
ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually.
"he has been determined to destroy her"
defeat (someone) utterly.
"the Tigers destroyed the Padres in five games"
synonyms: annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, finish off, erase; k**l, slaughter, massacre, exterminate;
informaltake out, rub out, snuff out, waste, fry, nuke, zap
"we will destroy the enemy"