Synonyms for destroyed

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1. destroyed(adj)

   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, ruined(adj)

   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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1. List of paraphrases:

   demolished, destroys, devastated, destruction, destroy, ruined, destroying, damaged, shattered, wrecked, devastating, rippedthrough, destructive, disposed, razed, ravaged, annihilated, tore, flattened, destroyer, slaughtered

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How to use destroyed in a sentence?

1. John Hourican:

   The terms of the bailout destroyed vast tracks of savings, and while it was portrayed as an attack on Russian money, really it was an attack on Cyprus because the real Russian money destroyed was modest.

2. Judge Eric Leach:

   This case involves a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, a young man overcomes huge physical disabilities to reach Olympian heights as an athlete. In doing so he becomes an international celebrity, he meets a young woman of great natural beauty and a successful model, romance blossoms, and then, ironically on Valentine’s Day, all is destroyed when he takes her life.

3. Meredith Sullivan:

   We really had no warning. The sky just went really black and we had this massive clap of thunder, then the gusts of winds were just horrific, you could hear the roof starting to lift and debris was starting to fly around. All the cars were pretty much destroyed.

4. Warren Strobel:

   It's a tough fight. We said a year ago that we expected this fight to expel ISIL from Iraq to be a fight that takes years, with an 's'. Years, iSIL has lost well over 25 percent of the territory that they held at the height of their incursion into Iraq. We have destroyed thousands of pieces of equipment.

5. Hans Koenigsmann:

   Just prior, before we wanted to fire the (thrusters), there was an anomaly and the vehicle was destroyed, there were no injuries. SpaceX had taken all safety measures prior to this test, as we always do.

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