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1destroy confidence — index discourage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2confidence — con‧fi‧dence [ˈkɒnfdns ǁ ˈkɑːn ] noun [uncountable] 1. the feeling that you can trust someone or something to do what they say, work properly etc: • We have every confidence in the team. • Our top priority is to maintain customer confidence in… …
3confidence — noun 1 belief in others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ The company needs the full confidence of its investors. ▪ great, high …
4confidence — con|fi|dence W2S2 [ˈkɔnfıdəns US ˈka:n ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feeling somebody/something is good)¦ 2¦(belief in yourself)¦ 3¦(feeling something is true)¦ 4 gain/win/earn somebody s confidence 5¦(keep information secret)¦ 6 take somebody into your… …
5destroy — 01. The criminal tried to [destroy] all the evidence. 02. His car was completely [destroyed] in the accident. 03. The [destruction] of habitat is being blamed for the decrease in the number of butterflies we are seeing this year. 04. This toy is… …
6destroy — verb 1 damage sth so badly that it no longer exists ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, totally, utterly ▪ all but, almost, effectively, nearly, practically …
7destroy — de|stroy W2S2 [dıˈstrɔı] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: destruire, from Latin destruere, from struere to build ] 1.) to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired →↑destruction… …
8destroy — [[t]dɪstrɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ destroys, destroying, destroyed 1) VERB To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more. [V n] That s a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating… …
9destroy — v.tr. 1 pull or break down; demolish (destroyed the bridge). 2 end the existence of (the accident destroyed her confidence). 3 kill (esp. a sick or savage animal). 4 make useless; spoil utterly. 5 ruin financially, professionally, or in… …
10Search and destroy — Search and Destroy, or Seek and Destroy, or Zippo, or even simply S D, refers to a military strategy that became a notorious component of the Vietnam War. It became an offensive, crucial to General Westmoreland’s second phase. In his three phase… …
