From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
destroyed \destroyed\ adjective
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} [WordNet 1.5]
2. destroyed physically or morally.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Destroy \De*stroy"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. --Ex. xxxiv. 13.
2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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: {ruined}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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