Destroy and Leave

Destroy

Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

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Leave and destroy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Destroy".

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Destroy and leave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroy" instead a verb "Leave".

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

life	destroy life	leave life
people	destroy people	leave people
body	destroy body	leave body
family	destroy family	leave family
Other words: village, house, time, universe, earth, world, home, evidence, ship, planet, town, city, island.

If the player attacks a planet though, the defenders sends swarms of ships at you in addition to the turrets relentlessly until you either leave or destroy all the cities.

Source: Video Game / Spore
In the same way, Bink released Xanth because it was the right thing to do, hoping that the demon wouldn't just leave and destroy Xanth's way of life.

Source: Literature / Xanth
Sheridan eventually puts them in a position where they'll either have to leave or destroy the younger races because they won't play their games any longer, and tells them to "get the hell out of our galaxy".

Source: God and Satan Are Both Jerks

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