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Synonyms & Antonyms of destroyed
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Synonyms & Near Synonyms for destroyed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for destroyed
destroyed
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of destroyed (Entry 2 of 2)
- they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside
- their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course
Synonyms for destroyed
- annihilated,
- creamed,
- decimated,
- demolished,
- desolated,
- devastated,
- did in,
- extinguished,
- nuked,
- pulled down,
- pulverized,
- razed,
- rubbed out,
- ruined,
- shattered,
- smashed,
- tore down,
- totaled
- (or totalled),
- vaporized,
- wasted,
- wracked,
- wrecked
Words Related to destroyed
- beat,
- bested,
- clobbered,
- conquered,
- crushed,
- defeated,
- drubbed,
- licked,
- mastered,
- overbore,
- overcame,
- overmatched,
- prevailed (over),
- routed,
- scotched,
- skunked,
- subdued,
- surmounted,
- thrashed,
- trimmed,
- triumphed (over),
- trounced,
- walloped,
- whipped,
- won (against)
- blasted,
- blew up,
- broke,
- crippled,
- damaged,
- defaced,
- deteriorated,
- disfigured,
- disintegrated,
- dissolved,
- dynamited,
- harmed,
- impaired,
- injured,
- mangled,
- marred,
- mutilated,
- spoiled
- (or chiefly British spoilt),
- vitiated
Near Antonyms for destroyed
Antonyms for destroyed
- wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state
Synonyms for destroyed
Words Related to destroyed
Near Antonyms for destroyed
- regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse
Synonyms for destroyed
- carried off,
- claimed,
- croaked
- [slang],
- did in,
- dispatched,
- felled,
- killed,
- slew,
- took
Words Related to destroyed
- bumped off,
- butchered,
- cut down,
- finished,
- got,
- iced
- [slang],
- knocked off,
- murdered,
- neutralized,
- offed
- [slang],
- put away,
- rubbed out,
- scragged,
- snuffed,
- took out,
- wasted,
- whacked
- [slang]
- euthanized
- (also euthanatized),
- put down
Phrases Synonymous with destroyed
- did away with,
- did for
- [chiefly British],
- made away with
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“Destroyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destroyed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.
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