destroyed

UK /dɪˈstɹɔɪd/ US /dɪˈstɹɔɪd/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.

The dragon from under-earth, the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, utterly without life.

(particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, east, lay, many, most, nightmarish, tall, whole

The nightmarish scenes of the destroyed village haunted survivors for years afterward.

VERB + DESTROYED

book, bridge, building, crops, fire, garden, house, houses

The fire destroyed the old wooden bridge that crossed the river.

DESTROYED + NOUN

earthquake, hiroshima, nagasaki, nothing, pieces, salt, town, typhoon

The earthquake destroyed nothing in our town because the buildings were reinforced.

PREP.

after, during, in, with

The old factory was destroyed during the storm last night.

ADV.

altogether, utterly

The old factory was utterly destroyed in the fire last year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — destroyed physically or morally

ruined

Antonyms

preserved

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The dragon from under-earth, the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, utterly without life.

Wiktionary

With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing to do but swim.

Tatoeba · #18998

Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.

Tatoeba · #22156

The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.

Tatoeba · #23854

The garden was destroyed after the rain.

Tatoeba · #26762

A row of old houses is being destroyed to make way for new flats.

Tatoeba · #27179

Usage Notes

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In some senses, destroyed is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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