Conserve
Conserve verb - To keep in good condition.
Usage example: conserve our national parks so that they may be enjoyed by future generations
Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course
Common collocations
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