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Adjective: destroyed di'stroyd- Spoiled, ruined or demolished
"war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" - Destroyed physically or morally
- ruined Verb: destroy di'stroy- Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
"The fire destroyed the house"; - destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary] - Damage beyond use or repair
"You have destroyed my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; - ruin - Defeat soundly and humiliatingly
"The home team destroyed the visitors"; - demolish, spiflicate [Brit, informal], spifflicate [Brit, informal] - Put (an animal) to death
"The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; - put down
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, sacked, scorched, shattered, spoilt, tattered, totalled [N. Amer, informal], war-torn, war-worn, wiped out, wrecked Type of: defeat, get the better of, kill, overcome, undo, unmake Antonym: preserved Encyclopedia: Destroyed Destroy, She Said |