destroyed

Definition of Destroyed in English :

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Adjective

1. destroyed

spoiled or ruined or demolished

Example Sentences:
'war left many cities destroyed'
'Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind'

2. destroyed, ruined

destroyed physically or morally

ruined

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Destroyed

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verb (mainly tr)

1.

to ruin; spoil; render useless

2.

to tear down or demolish; break up; raze

3.

to put an end to; do away with; extinguish

4.

to kill or annihilate

5.

to crush, subdue, or defeat

6. (intransitive)

to be destructive or cause destruction

Destroyed

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verb transitive

1.

to tear down; demolish

2.

to break up or spoil completely; ruin

3.

to bring to total defeat; crush

4.

to put an end to; do away with

5.

to kill

6.

to neutralize the effect of

7.

to make useless

verb intransitive

8.

to bring about destruction

Destroyed

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v. de·stroyed, de·stroy·ing, de·stroys

v.tr.

1. To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity: The fire destroyed the library. The tumor was destroyed with a laser.

2. To put an end to; eliminate: "In crowded populations, poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness" (George Bernard Shaw).

3. To render useless or ruin: felt that an overemphasis on theory had destroyed the study of literature.

4. To put to death; kill: destroy a rabid dog.

5. To subdue or defeat completely; crush: The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.

6. To cause emotional trauma to; devastate: The divorce destroyed him.

v.intr.

To be destructive; cause destruction: "Too much money destroys as surely as too little" (John Simon).

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