flattened

Example Sentences

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Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighborhoods of multi-story buildings in the coastal state of La Guaira, hopes of finding survivors are fading.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

The play of sharp angles against smooth curves is discordant, like that of the flattened third in music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

The scene around more than 100 flattened buildings is apocalyptic.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Today you are told that you are just a citizen of the world, that we all buy stuff from the same national retailers that are part of a big antiseptic, flattened culture.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

Hanako didn’t know what to expect, but she saw that Kobe was a mix of flattened ruins and damaged buildings as well as many undamaged ones.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata