Destroyed and Fallen

Destroyed

Destroyed adjective - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.
Usage example: Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind

Fallen and destroyed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fallen" instead an adjective "Destroyed".

Nearby Words: destroy, destroyer, destroying

Fallen

Fallen adjective - Having fallen in or collapsed.
Usage example: a fallen building

Destroyed and fallen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroyed" instead an adjective "Fallen".

Nearby Words: fall, falling

Both words in one sentence

  • I've been shot at with secret weapons, destroyed robots that could take down tanks, and fallen from orbit without benefit of a re-entry vehicle.
  • Much later, in Movie War Full Throttle, Takatora Kureshima gained replacements for his original (and since destroyed) Sengoku and Genesis Drivers from fallen enemies.
  • Leela is trapped under a fallen tree, and delirious from lack of water, and the Earth has apparently been destroyed.
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