YOU SAID:

the men were smashing

INTO JAPANESE

男性を壊していた

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The man was breaking

INTO JAPANESE

男が破壊されました。

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The man was destroyed.

INTO JAPANESE

その男は破壊された。

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That man was destroyed.

INTO JAPANESE

その男は破壊された。

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That man was destroyed.