destroyed

de·stroyed
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/dɪˈstɹɔɪd/

adjective

Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.

Similar
annihilatedexterminatedwiped outblightedspoiltblotted outobliterateobliterated
Opposite
preserved
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of destroy
adjectivedestroyed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDamaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.

    The dragon from under-earth, the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, utterly without life.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 89
  2. Irelandinformalnot comparable(particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivespoiled or ruined or demolished

Similar
annihilatedexterminatedwiped outblightedspoiltblotted outobliterateobliteratedbrokenimpoverished
Opposite
preserved

adjectivedestroyed physically or morally

Similar
ruinedlost
Also see
annihilatedblightedbrokenburnedburntdone fordrunkextinguishedfallenfinishedgoneimpoverishedkaputlostobliterateobliteratedrazedruinedsackedscorchedshatteredsmashedspoilttatteredtotaledtotalledwar-tornwrecked

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with destroyed

avoidvoidemployedLloydFloydBoydunemployedsteroidparanoidannoyedFreudasteroiddevoidandroiddiploidoverjoyedbuoyedalloyedsphenoidunalloyedvocaloidarticloidboidcloyed
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Cite this entry
APA

destroyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destroyed

MLA

“destroyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destroyed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “destroyed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destroyed.

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