destroy vs elevate

destroy

verb
  • To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up. 

  • To sing a song poorly. 

  • To put down or euthanize. 

  • To remove data. 

  • To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. 

  • To damage beyond use or repair. 

  • To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. 

  • To defeat soundly. 

  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition. 

elevate

verb
  • To increase the intensity or degree of (something). 

  • To raise (something) to a higher position. 

  • To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things. 

  • To confer honor or nobility on (someone). 

  • To promote (someone) to a higher rank. 

  • To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value. 

How often have the words destroy and elevate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )