destroyed

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Destroyed by bombing during the Israeli invasion in 1982 and rebuilt after the end of the civil war in 1990, it has fallen into disrepair due to a lack of funds for its upkeep.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

It has been almost 20 years since Shelby Steele published the best-known of his five books on race, “White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The form is called “Property Damaged or Destroyed by Misfortune or Calamity” or “ADS-820” and you can access it at this link.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2025

"I'm feeling broken about my family. Destroyed," he told BBC North West Tonight.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

Destroyed she is and quite weakly with the wet, like all donkeys, God help them! let alone the mud and gutter she's after travelling through, all that long ways from the shop!

From Candle and Crib by Elvery, Beatrice