destroyed
- 1Simple past and past participle of destroy. Use it for something that already happened, or after has, had or be.
The storm destroyed three houses on our street.
Fire destroyed the warehouse late last night.
UsagePeople also say a team got destroyed when it lost very badly.
- 2Broken or ruined so badly that it cannot be fixed.
Like a sandcastle smashed flat by a wave: nothing left to save.
After the fire, the old barn was completely destroyed.
The flood left rows of destroyed homes along the river.
UsageSay completely destroyed to make it stronger.
Similarruined, wrecked, devastated, shattered, obliterated
- 3Made dirty or muddy, often after a child falls down or spills something.
Like a kid's clothes after a whole day playing in the sandbox.
The little boy was completely destroyed after falling in the puddle.
By lunchtime her clean shirt was destroyed with spilled juice.
UsageMostly said about a child who is covered in mud or food.
Similarfilthy, dirty, messy, grubby, mucky
Oppositeclean, spotless, immaculate
Note
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destroyed is a form of destroy
destroy, verb: To damage or remove something completely so it no longer exists, works, or has its previous effect. Full entry
- Forms
- destroydestroys he/she/itdestroying -ing formdestroyed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- destroy → destroyed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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