destroy a negative

Frequency: 3.81.0 per million words

to ruin or dispose of a photographic negative

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Examples (10)

  • He decided to destroy all the negatives of his old artwork.
  • The photographer had to destroy the faulty negative before printing.
  • They planned to destroy the negative so no unauthorized copies could be made.
  • It's a shame to destroy such an important negative without a backup.
  • She was forced to destroy the negative that contained sensitive information.
  • After the client rejected the photos, he chose to destroy the negatives.
  • Make sure you destroy the negative completely; we don't want any traces left.
  • The artist couldn't bear to destroy the negative of her first successful piece.
  • In the darkroom, he carefully began to destroy the overexposed negative.
  • The secret agent's final task was to destroy the negative of the confidential document.