Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Write
Write verb - To compose and set down on paper the words of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The first few Technocracy books were clearly written to help the Storyteller write better villains, and the Technocrats in those books want to do things like destroy creativity.
Source: Rooting for the Empire - Occasionally, the author's characters rebel and destroy the story if the author tries to write one, as shown in this Naruto fanfic, called The Littlest Kaguya.
Source: Troll Fic - In Amadeus, Salieri's plot to surpass and destroy Mozart involves commissioning Mozart to write the greatest work of his life, killing him, and then presenting it as his own work.
Source: Magnum Opus
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Write and Destroy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroy/write
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