Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Increase
Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Common collocations
| reputation | destroy reputation | increase reputation |
| time | destroy time | increase time |
Both words in one sentence
- Also in the final duel, Yugi manages to simultaneously increase the Silent Swordsman's power while decreasing Obelisk's power so that the two of them manage to destroy each other.
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When he draws the trapped souls of San Venganza into his body in a bid to increase his power, Blaze realizes that he's made himself vulnerable to the stare and uses it to destroy him.
Source: Film / Ghost Rider -
At first, he would have used its powers to destroy his enemies, then he would have started to reshape Videoland to his will and absorb video game bosses to increase his power even more.
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Increase and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/increase
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Increase or Destroy. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/increase.
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