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# destroy — English to Ukrainian

How English *destroy* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [destroy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destroy/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: destroy (232), destroys (19). By style: everyday 19 · biblical 232.

## свого

Used about 18 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 18).

- With his mouth the godless man **destroys** his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
  Устами губить зрадник ближнього **свого**, та праведники рятуються своєю прозорністю.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 11:9)

- “If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and **destroys** it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
  І коли хто вдарить в око раба **свого**, чи в око рабиню свою, і зопсує, на волю мусить випустить його за око його.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 21:26)

- Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth and **destroy** by the manifestation of his coming;
  І тодї відкриєть ся беззаконник, котрого Господь убє духом уст своїх, і знищить явленнєм приходу **свого**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TH 2:8)

- However, the LORD would not **destroy** Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
  Та Господь не хотїв вигубити Юду задля раба **свого** Давида, бо він обітував йому дати сьвіточ в дїтях його по всї часи.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 8:19)

- and repays those who hate him to their face, to **destroy** them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
  А тим, що ненавидять його, відплатить перед лицем їх на погибіль їм: не надумується він про ненавидника **свого**; перед лицем його відплатить йому.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 7:10)

## погубити

Used about 15 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 15).

- The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might **destroy** him.
  І вийшовши Фарисеї, зараз з Іродиянами зробили раду на Него, як Його **погубити**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 3:6)

- saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to **destroy** us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”
  кажучи: Остав! що нам і Тобі, Ісусе Назарянине? чи прийшов єси **погубити** нас? Знаю Тебе, хто єси: Сьвятий Божий.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 1:24)

- So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would **destroy** you.
  І припав я ниць перед Господом, благав я сорок день і сорок ночей на колїнках; казав бо Господь, що хоче **погубити** вас.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 9:25)

- For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry against you to **destroy** you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.
  Бо лякався я гнїва і лютостї, якою закипів Господь на вас, так що хотїв **погубити** вас. Та послухав Господь мене й сим разом.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 9:19)

## руку

Used about 15 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 15).

- David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to **destroy** the LORD’s anointed?”
  Давид же питає: Як же ти не боявсь простягти **руку**, щоб убити помазанника Господнього?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 1:14)

- He will stretch out his hand against the north, **destroy** Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.
  І простягне він **руку** свою на північ, і затратить Ассура, та й Ниневію оберне в розвалища, в степ сухий, як пустиня,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEP 2:13)

- David said to Abishai, “Don’t **destroy** him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
  Давид же відказав Абессї: Не вбивай його, бо хто наложив коли **руку** на помазанника Господнього, та й не був скараний?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 26:9)

- “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says the LORD, “which **destroys** all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.
  Се я (став) проти тебе, ти (горда) горо пагубна, говорить Господь, що вигублюєш і заражуєш усю землю; я простягну на тебе **руку** мою, й скину тебе зо скелї та й зроблю тебе горою, до нага обгорілою.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 51:25)

## знищити

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 4). Forms: знищ, знищити.

- Dan attempted to **destroy** evidence.
  Ден спробував **знищити** докази.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3930801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3930801) [\#5743396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5743396))

- But those who seek my soul to **destroy** it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
  Ті ж, що чигають на життє моє, щоб **знищити** його, пійдуть у пропастї підземні.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 63:9)

- The soldiers' mission was to **destroy** the bridge.
  Солдати мали завдання - **знищити** той міст.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rozmaita · checked, community translation · [\#320100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/320100) [\#494517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/494517))

- It's obvious that they want to **destroy** Tom completely.
  Це очевидно, що вони хочуть **знищити** Тома остаточно.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ergulis and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9573710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9573710) [\#9574785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9574785))

- **Destroy** it.
  **Знищ** це.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6049434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6049434) [\#6070433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6070433))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- They want to **destroy** linguistic diversity.
  Вони хочуть зруйнувати мовне різноманіття.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6098987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6098987) [\#6149027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6149027))

- Antibiotics can't **destroy** viruses.
  Антибіотики не знищують віруси.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4853404](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4853404) [\#6680655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6680655))

- **Destroy** the castle.
  Зруйнуй замок.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5922212](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5922212) [\#8060747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8060747))

## Grammar

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