Synonyms for destroyed
de·stroyed

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1. destroyedadjective

   spoiled or ruined or demolished

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

   Synonyms:
   ruined

   Antonyms:
   conserved, retained, preservable, saved, well-kept, protected, kept up(p), preserved, maintained

2. destroyed, ruinedadjective

   destroyed physically or morally

   Synonyms:
   washed-up, sunk, finished, done for(p), undone, ruined

   Antonyms:
   maintained, well-kept, kept up(p), conserved, saved, retained, preserved, preservable, protected

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1. List of paraphrases for "destroyed":

   demolished, destroys, devastated, destruction, destroy, ruined, destroying, damaged, shattered, wrecked, devastating, rippedthrough, destructive, disposed, razed, ravaged, annihilated, tore, flattened, destroyer, slaughtered

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1. Tiro Segosebe:

   Elephants have killed a lot of people and destroyed livelihoods. I think government is doing the right thing in reducing their numbers.

2. Elena Kupriyanova:

   It's very painful that so many people's (lives) were destroyed, that such a beautiful, new town was abandoned. It's hard on the soul.

3. Joseph James DeAngelo:

   I did all that, i didnt have the strength to push him out. He made me. He went with me. It was like in my head, I mean, hes a part of me. I didnt want to do those things. I pushed Jerry out and had a happy life. I did all those things. I destroyed all their lives. So now Ive got to pay the price.

4. Francisco Martinez:

   We're working on clearing the debris of the destroyed buildings and cars that were displaced.

5. Glenn Cohen:

   What happens to all the embryos created but not used? Does it violate ethical norms of respect to create so many potential human lives knowing that the vast majority will be destroyed or indefinitely stored? in the most extreme case, imagine an individual using sloughed skin cells left on a bathtub by Brad Pitt, for example, to derive sperm or egg in order to reproduce.