Destroyed and Gained

Opposite meaning words

Destroyed adjective - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.

Show all Definitions

Gained is an antonym for destroyed.

Nearby Words: destroy, destroyer, destroying

Definitions of Destroyed not found.

Destroyed is an antonym for gained.

Nearby Words: gain, gaining, gainer

He was once a young boy whose (flying) city was destroyed and somehow gained godlike powers.

Source: Video Game / Aquaria
Later, another Fembot who's gained sentience comes across the abandoned factory and finds that the Fembots there had been destroyed.

Source: Designated Hero
In one CSI: NY episode a man was killed at a local university and the forensic evidence destroyed using information gained at a lecture given by one of the cast.

Source: Let Off by the Detective

Cite this Source

Gained and Destroyed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroyed/gained

Destroyed & Gained. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroyed/gained>.

Gained or Destroyed. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destroyed/gained.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "destroyed" and "gained" have occurred on timeline