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1. Spoiled or ruined or demolished
   "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
    
2. Destroyed physically or morally
   - ruined

1. Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
   "The fire destroyed the house"
   - destruct, spifflicate, spiflicate
    
2. Destroy completely; damage irreparably
   - ruin, spifflicate, spiflicate
    
3. Defeat soundly
   - demolish, spifflicate, spiflicate
    
4. Put (an animal) to death
   "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"
   - put down, spifflicate, spiflicate

See also: annihilated, blighted, blotted out, broken, burned, burned-out, burned-over, burnt, burnt-out, damaged, demolished, despoiled, destroyer, destructible, destruction, destructive, dismantled, done for, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, finished, gone, impoverished, kaput, lost, obliterate, obliterated, pillaged, raped, ravaged, razed, ruined, sacked, scorched, shattered, spoilt, tattered, totaled [US], totalled, war-torn, war-worn, wiped out, wrecked

Type of: defeat, get the better of, kill, overcome, undo, unmake

Antonym: preserved

Encyclopedia: Destroy