destroyed

1. 1
   wrecked (action)verb

   Simple past and past participle of destroy.

   Vandals destroyed the statue in the park overnight.

   The invading army destroyed every bridge across the river.

   UsageAlso got destroyed for a team or player beaten very badly: our team got destroyed.

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   beyond repairadjective

   Damaged so completely that it is ruined and beyond any repair.

   The earthquake left the cathedral utterly destroyed, its roof caved in.

   Investigators photographed the destroyed vehicles before the wreckage was cleared away.

   UsageMade stronger with utterly or completely: completely destroyed. Also left destroyed.

   Similarruined, wrecked, devastated, shattered, obliterated

   Oppositeintact, undamaged, unscathed, whole

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   dirtyadjectivecolloquialIreland

   Soiled or muddied, especially of a child, as the result of a fall or a spill.

   The baby was thoroughly destroyed by the time she finished her spaghetti.

   He came home destroyed from head to toe after tripping in the flowerbed.

   UsageMostly said of children covered in mud or food: destroyed from head to toe.

   Similarfilthy, dirty, messy, grubby, mucky

   Oppositeclean, spotless, immaculate

   Note

   An informal Irish use that borrows the language of ruin for ordinary mess: a toddler who has fallen in a puddle or worn the dinner is destroyed.

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