Destroyed
Destroyed adjective - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.
Whittled
Both words in one sentence
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Chongqing still holds the sad distinction of being the most heavily bombed city in the world (if only because, unlike Hamburg or Nagoya, it wasn't destroyed in a single night of intense bombing but instead whittled away steadily over the course of seven years).
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