Destroyed and Slain

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Destroyed adjective - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.

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

Nearby Words: destroy, destroyer, destroying

Slain adjective - Killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors".

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Destroyed and slain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroyed" instead an adjective "Slain".

Heroic B.S.O.D.: Tancred suffers one of these after escaping Welsh captivity and finding that his manor, Earnford, has been destroyed and most of the inhabitants mercilessly slain.

Source: Literature / The Conquest Series
Already Done for You: Harry and company finds the gates of Mab's fortress Arctis Tor destroyed and main guards already slain upon arriving.

Source: Literature / Proven Guilty
Hundred of thousands are slain (both participants and collateral victimes), entire cities are destroyed, and the whole High First Age society collapses

Source: Apocalypse How / Class 1

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