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Examples:phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)—cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch—lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. destroy root and branch—destroy homes (for new building projects)—Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine destroy you.—destroy (by melting or burning)—Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)—destroy wantonly beautiful things—lit. burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common—lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)—lit. destroy the bridge after crossing the river [idiom.]—destroy indiscriminately [idiom.]—destroy the old and establish the new [idiom.]— |