Synonyms for destroyed

Synonyms for (adj) destroyed

Synonyms: destroyed

Definition: spoiled or ruined or demolished

Usage: war left many cities destroyed; Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind

Similar words: annihilated, wiped out, exterminated

Definition: destroyed completely


Similar words: spoilt, blighted

Definition: affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity

Usage: a blighted rose; blighted urban districts


Similar words: blotted out, obliterate, obliterated

Definition: reduced to nothingness


Similar words: impoverished, broken, wiped out

Definition: destroyed financially

Usage: the broken fortunes of the family


Similar words: burned, burned-out, burned-over, burnt, burnt-out

Definition: destroyed or badly damaged by fire

Usage: a row of burned houses; a charred bit of burnt wood; a burned-over site in the forest; barricaded the street with burnt-out cars


Similar words: demolished, dismantled, razed

Definition: torn down and broken up


Similar words: raped, ravaged, pillaged, despoiled, sacked

Definition: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

Usage: the raped countryside


Similar words: done for, kaput, gone

Definition: destroyed or killed

Usage: we are gone geese


Similar words: extinguished

Definition: of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement


Similar words: fallen

Definition: having fallen in or collapsed

Usage: a fallen building


Similar words: finished, ruined

Definition: brought to ruin

Usage: after the revolution the aristocracy was finished; the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically


Similar words: scorched

Definition: having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy

Usage: Sherman's scorched earth policy


Similar words: shattered, tattered

Definition: ruined or disrupted

Usage: our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity; a tattered remnant of its former strength; my torn and tattered past


Similar words: totaled

Definition: used of automobiles; completely demolished

Usage: the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled


Similar words: war-torn, war-worn

Definition: laid waste by war


Similar words: wrecked

Definition: destroyed in an accident

Usage: a wrecked ship; a highway full of wrecked cars


Synonyms: destroyed, ruined

Definition: destroyed physically or morally

Similar words: lost

Definition: spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

Usage: lost souls; a lost generation; a lost ship; the lost platoon


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