destroyed
Example Sentences
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“They have destroyed a lot of buildings to build these outposts, and that is something that can’t be undone, but they could easily leave these giant dirt berms where they are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The U.S.’s main air-war command center for the Middle East, located in Qatar, was largely destroyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"A charge density wave is just a collective electronic state that is modulated in space, so there is no reason for them to respond to magnetic fields, let alone be destroyed by them," Madhavan said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Betrawati straddles flood-devastated Rasuwa and Nuwakot, and is part of the Bidur municipality, where the government estimates more than 3,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“In the Talmud, it says, ‘Whoever destroys a single life has destroyed the entire world.’
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
