Assist
Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Natural Enemies: The Spoilsport, who tries to destroy the new tropes that the Midwife likes to assist with.
Source: Just For Fun / Troper Types - Big Damn Heroes: During the Yellow Turban rebellion, Cao Cao led a cavalry force to assist Generals Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, coordinating with them to defeat and destroy the rebels.
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Also, since his goal is conquest and not destruction, he'll assist the Mario Brothers so that others can't destroy what he wants to conquer.
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