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Antonyms for destroyed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-stroi
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrɔɪ

Definition of destroyed

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from Latin destruere "tear down, demolish," literally "un-build," from de- "un-, down" (see de-) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Related: Destroyed; destroying.
  • adj ruined
Example sentences :
  • Somewhere between 1267 and 1280 the Castle had been destroyed and rebuilt.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The tent caterpillar, which is easily seen, should be destroyed at once.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • For every expectation that he fulfilled there was another that he destroyed.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • The enemy had destroyed most of the corn, the Summer before.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone » by John Filson
  • And, further, when I had a chance to learn my remedy for myself, you destroyed it.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • But she knew that she had survived them, that some great calamity had fallen upon and destroyed them.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • The thing that destroyed your father and your Uncle Matthew was their pride in themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Consider, the register itself is destroyed—the clergyman dead.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed."
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Many of them were destroyed at the Reformation, together with the stone altars.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Synonyms for destroyed

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