Bring
Bring verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: in the end, the lawsuit brought distress to everyone, including the plaintiff
Nearby Word: bringing
Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.
Source: Tabletop Game / Chicago By Night -
Also Father Selma, who can't bring himself to kill Idamaria to destroy the demon inside her.
Source: Manga / Defense Devil -
Nunnally says she believes that an immortal Lelouch will eventually be able to bring true peace to the world; but Lelouch feels that he will forever be the Demon King; trying to destroy it.
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