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destroyed
adjective as in ruined
Strongest matches
broken, demolished, devastated, lost, ravaged, ruined, shattered, smashed, wrecked
Strong matches
abolished, annihilated, blasted, blighted, consumed, devoured, disintegrated, eradicated, felled, incinerated, killed, obliterated, overwhelmed, razed, sacked, totaled, wasted
Example Sentences
“Other studies I’ve done have found that the most important factor that explains why a structure is destroyed in a fire is the location of the house.”
The rights group shared images, which it said it had verified, of destroyed vehicles on the ground that had the Galix system visible on them.
They were pointing at a balcony on the second floor, which was completely destroyed and had crumbled on to the collapsed floor below.
“When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here,” he said.
She reported 500 acres of avocado trees damaged or destroyed, 130 acres of citrus trees and 10 acres of raspberries, as well as 2,500 acres used for livestock grazing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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