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破壊している (A2)

English: Destroying

カタカナ: ディストロイイング

IPA: /dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ/

The act of damaging something so severely that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.

意味: 何かをひどく損傷させ、もはや存在しない状態にする、あるいは修復不可能な状態にする行為。

The wildfire was destroying everything in its path as it moved toward the town. — 山火事は町に向かって進む中で、通り道のすべてを破壊していた。
He regretted destroying the old letters before he had a chance to read them again. — 彼は古い手紙を読み返す機会を得る前に破棄してしまったことを後悔した。
The new policy is effectively destroying the small businesses it was meant to help. — その新しい政策は、助けるはずだった中小企業を実質的に潰してしまっている。

English translations of 破壊している (destroying):

destroy something (collocation): The standard transitive use of the verb. — "The flood is destroying the crops."
be destroyed by (prepositional phrase): Passive voice construction indicating the agent of destruction. — "The bridge was destroyed by the storm."