Destroyed means simple past and past participle of destroy. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like ruined or burnt.

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Destroyed in a sentence

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Destroyed meaning

simple past and past participle of destroy

Synonyms of Destroyed

wiped out ruined burned-over burnt burned impoverished broken obliterated obliterate blotted out spoilt blighted exterminated annihilated burned-out

Example sentences (20)

A new women’s soccer team was formed in Kyiv, Ukraine, after Mariupol was destroyed and captured by Russian forces.

All 700 homes in the Chahak village, which was untouched by the previous earthquakes, were destroyed on Wednesday.

An avalanche in 1907 destroyed several buildings and killed three people, and many miners left after that tragedy.

After the ship was all but destroyed in Star Trek: Generations it makes sense the ship would end up where it was.

As per the report, many buildings in Aleppo were damaged or destroyed and people remain trapped under the rubble.

A building in Falluja that was destroyed as Iraqi fighters wrested control of the city from the Islamic State in 2016.

After his hometown is destroyed and his mother eaten, Eren joins the Survey Corps and vows to rid the world of Titans.

As if white America had ever paid for slavery; as if we’ve ever recompensed those whose lives were destroyed by racism.

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Around 70 firefighters fought the blaze at 5am in the morning, but the two-storey building was destroyed.

A man walks through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey, on February 8, 2023.

A second fire on May 13 damaged eight motorbikes and over 10 bicycles, while the roof of the parking lot was partially destroyed.

A source said most of Col. Nyororo’s body was also destroyed and only his head could be recognised.

After the last flare-up of fighting between Israel and Hamas in 2021, the IDF claimed to have destroyed more than 60 miles of tunnels.

As contained in the report, observation forms were confiscated and destroyed by the party agent.

An Ottoman armada which, in addition to imperial warships, included squadrons from Egypt and Tunis, was destroyed by the Allied forces.

Three statistics from that storm stand out; 700 deaths, 2 billion trees destroyed, 3,300 boats lost or destroyed.

As punishment, both he and his wife decided that Emilie’s bed would go to Jenny until Emilie agreed to pay for the bed she had destroyed.

There are also destroyed structures omitted from this list that had been surpassed in height prior to being destroyed.

Acting Superintendent of the May Pen Fire Station Horrett Barnswell said that the fire was so severe that it completely destroyed the home.

In the West, bombing had destroyed the fourth of the housing stock, 2.3 million units out of 9.5 million were destroyed.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with destroyed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • was destroyed 26×
  • destroyed by 24×
  • destroyed the 22×
  • destroyed in 19×
  • were destroyed 18×
  • destroyed and 16×
  • and destroyed 14×
  • been destroyed 11×
  • is destroyed
  • or destroyed

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "destroyed" in a sentence?
An example: "A new women’s soccer team was formed in Kyiv, Ukraine, after Mariupol was destroyed and captured by Russian forces." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "destroyed" from real English texts.
What does "destroyed" mean?
Destroyed means: simple past and past participle of destroy
What are synonyms of "destroyed"?
Common synonyms of "destroyed" include: wiped out, ruined, burned-over, burnt, burned, impoverished, broken, obliterated. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "destroyed" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "destroyed", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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