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destroyed

/dɪˈstɹɔɪd/adjective2 syllables

Destroyed means: spoiled or ruined or demolished.

Synonyms for destroyed26

adjective, as in spoiled or ruined or demolished

annihilated, exterminated, wiped out, blighted, spoilt, blotted out, obliterate, obliterated, broken, impoverished, burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out
and 10 more, burnt-out, demolished, dismantled, razed, despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked, done for

adjective, as in destroyed physically or morally

ruined, lost

Opposites of destroyed

preserved

What does destroyed mean?2

adjective

1

spoiled or ruined or demolished“war left many cities destroyed”

2

destroyed physically or morally

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with destroyed?12

one syllable

lloydvoidfreud

three syllables

unemployedoverjoyed
Show 40 near rhymes
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Destroyed in a sentence

  • With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing to do but swim.LittleBoy
  • When their home star went nova, their civilization was destroyed.nonong
  • They survived, even though the building was destroyed.Source_VOA
  • All of the villages in this region have been destroyed, without exception.quirkyowl
  • Music is the most perishable of things, fragile and delicate, easily destroyed.Hybrid
  • If she found out about us, she would be destroyed by it.felidad
  • Some good bacteria are destroyed when using antibiotics to treat infections, resulting in infections.DJ_Saidez
  • The fire, driven by an east wind, destroyed the center of the city.CM

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