destroyed

destroyed
    adj 1: spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities
           destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed
           mind" [ant: {preserved}]
    2: destroyed physically or morally [syn: {destroyed}, {ruined}]
    

Destroy \De*stroy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Destroyed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Destroying}.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien,
   OF. destruire, F. d['e]truire, fr. L. destruere, destructum;
   de + struere to pile up, build. See {Structure}.]
   1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently
      into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and
      organic existence of; to demolish.
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            But ye shall destroy their altars, break their
            images, and cut down their groves.    --Ex. xxxiv.
                                                  13.
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   2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to
      annihilate; to consume.
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            I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation.
                                                  --Jer. xii.
                                                  17.
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   3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of;
      to kill.
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            If him by force he can destroy, or, worse,
            By some false guile pervert.          --Milton.

   Syn: To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin;
        throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate;
        deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See
        {Demolish}.
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destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
   1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
      exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
      desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
      {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate,
      obliterated}; {demolished, dismantled, razed}; {done
      for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
      finished(predicate)}; {extinguished}; {ruined, wiped
      out(predicate), impoverished}; {totaled, wrecked};
      {war-torn, war-worn}; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
      ravaged, sacked}] Also See: {damaged}. Antonym:
      {preserved}
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   2. destroyed physically or morally.

   Syn: ruined.
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "destroyed":
      ausgespielt, bankrupt, blasted, blighted, botched, broken,
      desolated, devastated, done for, done in, down-and-out, fallen,
      finished, gone to pot, in ruins, irremediable, kaput, marred,
      overthrown, ravaged, ruined, ruinous, spoiled, spoilt, undone,
      wasted, wrecked