Destroyed and Patched

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Destroyed adjective - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.

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Patched is an antonym for destroyed.

Nearby Words: destroy, destroyer, destroying

Patched adjective - Mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch.

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Destroyed is an antonym for patched.

Nearby Words: patch, patchy, patching

A commercial for The Powerpuff Girls showed them smashing through the ceiling, only for the hole to be patched with wood, then bricks only to get destroyed each time.

Source: There Was a Door
However, since he didn't come close to finishing, it had to be patched together posthumously in a way that destroyed the effect.

Source: Scrapbook Story
The Republic of Cantera relies on decades-old Terran equipment, and the majority of their spacestations are simply individual sections from destroyed Terran stations which have been patched up and used as housing and production facilities.

Source: Video Game / X Rebirth

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