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# destroyed

«destroyed» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of destroy, which means to damage something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (destroy, destroys, destroyed, destroying); adjective (destroyed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Destroyed is the past form of destroy, which means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#m1)

2) As an adjective, destroyed means completely ruined. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#m2)

3) Informally, destroyed means very upset or very tired, or beaten very badly in a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and geography, earthquakes, floods, fires and wars destroy buildings and habitats; pupils learn how people rebuild. In science, habitats destroyed by people threaten animals. In stories, a dragon or storm destroys a town. Phrases: completely destroyed, destroyed by fire, totally destroyed.

### examples

- The storm destroyed many houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x1)
- The forest was destroyed by fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x2)
- The castle was destroyed long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x3)
- My sandcastle was destroyed by a wave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x4)
- Many habitats are destroyed when forests are cut down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x5)
- The earthquake destroyed the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x6)
- Our team got destroyed 10–0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x7)
- Somebody ought to do something, or we shall all be destroyed." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/#x8)

### note

Past and past participle of destroy: destroyed (add -ed; the y stays because a vowel comes before it). Noun: destruction; adjective: destructive. Damaged means harmed but may be fixed; destroyed means ruined.

### In the corpora

- [Atoms are not destroyed when ice melts or a smell spreads; the same atoms just move about and change partners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/1-what-is-everything-made-of/3/)
- ["Bit the dust" means died, or was destroyed or broke; it is slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/13/)
- ["Collateral damage" is official military language for ordinary people killed or property destroyed by accident in an attack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/8/)
- ["Went west" means died or was destroyed; it is old-fashioned British English.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/18/)
- ["Humanely destroyed" (official) means an animal was killed by officials.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «destroyed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destroyed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.