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adjective

as in destroyed

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verb

past tense of dynamite
as in razed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dynamited
  1. damaged
  2. razed
  3. mutilated
  4. demolished
  5. wrecked
  6. destroyed
  7. mangled
  8. obliterated
Adjective
  • Analysts said the move was aimed at forcing companies to pay for their own security and bring damaged assets back into service, despite the cost.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Clean water is hard to come by, as the floods contaminated water systems and damaged infrastructure.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • An arts complex in Tbilisi, Georgia, is being razed despite protests from its architects and some members of the local community.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • More than 100 firefighters battled a third-alarm blaze Monday that razed a popular restaurant and other businesses in a historic structure in Santa Clarita, but no injuries were reported.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of razed
Adjective
  • The mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols was found in London’s East End slums.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of mutilated
Verb
  • Now it will be demolished and replaced as part of a $250 million sports complex project.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After the property crisis cuts off family support, a filmmaker returns from the US to find his home demolished by a bankrupt father who once shaped Shenzhen’s skyline.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of demolished
Adjective
  • Police and firefighters responding to the area discovered the wrecked vehicle along the hillside.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of clay jars known as amphorae were discovered inside the wrecked ship, alongside lead anchor stocks and other artifacts, police said.
    — Isabella Colletta, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • Forces also destroyed a third vessel, the M/T Kylo near the Gulf of Oman.
    — Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And, as Europe has felt more threatened by Russian incursions, a week ago NATO fighter jets destroyed a drone near Romania’s natural gas projects in the Black Sea.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of destroyed
Adjective
  • This fencing appeared to have been lifted up and twisted, landing in a mangled and haphazard manner.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Chopper 4 was on the scene where a white car was flipped over and completely mangled.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Definition of mangled
Verb
  • Once that protection was abandoned, the stocks of many financials were easily obliterated.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • And the sheer number of policies obliterated any perverse incentives on killing one policyholder to get their return marginally sooner.
    — Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of obliterated
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