销毁

xiāo huǐ

HSK 7–9

Meaning

to destroy (by melting or burning)
to obliterate

Definition

毁掉；消灭；消除。

To destroy; to annihilate; to eliminate.

Usage

常用于指通过烧毁、粉碎、融化等方式处理废弃物品、文件、证据或数据等，使其不复存在。

Often used to refer to the process of disposing of waste items, documents, evidence, or data by burning, shredding, melting, etc., so that they no longer exist.

Examples

1 公司决定销毁所有过时的机密文件。 (The company decided to destroy all outdated confidential documents.)
2 警方查获了大量假冒商品并予以销毁。 (The police seized a large amount of counterfeit goods and destroyed them.)
3 在诉讼结束后，法庭下令销毁所有相关证据。 (After the lawsuit ended, the court ordered the destruction of all related evidence.)
4 为了保护隐私，用户的数据在账户关闭后被安全销毁。 (To protect privacy, user data is securely destroyed after the account is closed.)
5 根据国际条约，两国将共同销毁库存的化学武器。 (According to the international treaty, the two countries will jointly destroy their stockpiles of chemical weapons.)

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