destroyed
Example Sentences
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It is believed that the final scenes of the tapestry have been lost or destroyed, as it has not always had such careful owners.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
In 2008, less than a year after the strike, US officials accused Syria of having sought to build a secret nuclear reactor and acknowledged that Israel had destroyed it in the raid.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The American strike came days after President Trump said the U.S. had removed or detonated all mines in the waterway and warned that any vessel laying new ones would be destroyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Government fire investigators said the fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena, was caused by electrical arcing on Edison’s out-of-service transmission line in Eaton Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
What would the momma polar bears do for dens when wildfires destroyed their ancestral denning sites?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
