D'Arcy plans to use the letter to embarrass Madame X's husband and destroy his political power.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

She has way more power than she needs, it would seem, to destroy a petty little mages like Comus.

她会拥有更多的力量，那看上去足够，摧毁一个像科玛斯这样的英俊的法师。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Such men have no other rule, but that of force and violence," listen to this, "So may be treated as beasts of prey those dangerous and noxious creatures that will be sure to destroy to you " if you fall into their power", so kill them first.

这种人除强力和暴力的法则之外，没有其他法则“,注意这里，“因此可以被当作猛兽，危险和有害的动物看待,要落在它们的爪牙之内,就一定会遭到毁灭，所以先下手为强。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

We shall continue to use it, until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

It would destroy much of their power.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

"This is a new strain of stem rust organism that has the power to destroy most of the wheat varieties being grown around the world."

VOA: standard.2009.09.16