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  1. destroyedadjective

    spoiled or ruined or demolished

    "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

    Synonyms:
    ruined

    Antonyms:
    conserved, retained, preservable, saved, well-kept, protected, kept up(p), preserved, maintained

  2. destroyed, ruinedadjective

    destroyed physically or morally

    Synonyms:
    washed-up, sunk, finished, done for(p), undone, ruined

    Antonyms:
    maintained, well-kept, kept up(p), conserved, saved, retained, preserved, preservable, protected

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#67975razed
#70564annihilated

How to use destroyed in a sentence?

  1. Maamoun Abdulkarim:

    They destroyed an incredibly important architectural structure, it is the first structure in the Palmyra complex to be destroyed, although they recently destroyed two Islamic shrines nearby.

  2. Marina Krim:

    The defendant set out to destroy what Kevin Krim and I created and built : an inspired, happy, thriving family, but she failed. What actually happened is the defendant destroyed her own family. She has destroyed the pride her family once felt. She has destroyed any sense of peace they'll ever have.

  3. Bahram Baloch:

    Nations are never destroyed due to casual accidents. They are destroyed when their congregation perception ends.

  4. Isaac Asimov:

    Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.

  5. Abraham Lincoln:

    Corporations have been enthroned .... An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people... until wealth is aggregated in a few hands ... and the Republic is destroyed.


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    • B. well-worn
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