destroy nest
Frequency: 6.05.9 per million words
To ruin or demolish a nest.
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Examples (10)
- They had to destroy the wasp nest in the attic.
- The storm threatened to destroy the bird's nest on the branch.
- Some people mistakenly destroy ant nests in their gardens.
- It's illegal to destroy the nest of protected species.
- We carefully tried to remove the hornet nest without having to destroy it.
- The construction crew was told to destroy any rodent nest they found.
- Farmers sometimes destroy pests' nests to protect their crops.
- The children accidentally caused a collapse that would destroy the nest.
- He felt bad having to destroy the abandoned nest during cleanup.
- A single act of vandalism can destroy an entire nest of young birds.