destroy somebody's confidence

If I tell him now, it will destroy his confidence.

"The issue had reached the point where it was destroying public confidence."

She destroys the patients' confidence in themselves so they will never be strong enough to leave her.

He said crimes by public officials destroy the public's confidence in government.

It destroyed whatever confidence they still had in the Jews.

This is because such a belief would destroy the trust and confidence within the relationship.

There was another pause, and then he said: 'Never do anything to destroy confidence.

I don't believe that it will destroy his confidence and put him in the tank emotionally, where he won't be able to respond.

Nevertheless the withdrawal of the scheme was likely to destroy trust and confidence.

The bank's actions on reducing interest rates have already destroyed confidence in sterling enough to reduce its value by 30%.