1. Spoiled, ruined or demolished
   "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
    
2. Destroyed physically or morally
   "The ancient city lay in ruins, destroyed by centuries of warfare";
   - ruined

1. Completely eliminate or undo the existence of
   "The fire destroyed the house";
   - destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary], spiflicate [Brit, informal]
    
2. Damage beyond use or repair
   "You have destroyed my car by pouring sugar in the tank!";
   - ruin
    
3. Defeat soundly and humiliatingly
   "The home team destroyd the visitors";
   - demolish [informal], spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], pulverize [Brit, informal], pulverise [Brit, informal], annihilate [informal]
    
4. Put (an animal) to death
   "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid";
   - put down, put away, put to sleep

See also: annihilated, blighted, blotted out, broken, burned, burned-out, burned-over, burnt, burnt-out, damaged, demolished, despoiled, dismantled, done for [informal], downfallen, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, finished, gone, impoverished, kaput, lost, obliterate, obliterated, pillaged, raped, ravaged, razed, ruined, scorched, shattered, spoilt, tattered, totalled [N. Amer, informal], war-torn, war-worn, wiped out, wrecked

Type of: act, defeat, euthanase [Brit], euthanatise [Brit, rare], euthanatize [rare], euthanise [Brit], euthanize, get the better of, kill, move, overcome, undo, unmake

Antonym: preserved

Encyclopedia: Destroyed