destroyed
spoiled or ruined or demolished
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,723 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,108 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- spoiled or ruined or demolished war left many cities destroyedAlzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind
- destroyed physically or morally also: ruined
destroyed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Why, were you singled out to be saved and the rest destroyed?
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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He destroyed many of his magic powders and tools of magic, and afterward honestly obeyed the law.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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The Temple of Diana was struck by lightning and destroyed; and the people revolting, civil wars ensued.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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He destroyed the eye of the cannibal giant, Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon, the God of the Sea.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Doubtless, in the bottom of his heart, he wished that Paris might be destroyed, and, with it, the evidences of his crime.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1