DESOLATED Synonyms: 162 Similar and Opposite Words

desolated

verb

past tense of desolate

as in destroyed

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of totally desolated the city with aerial bombs

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Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third destroyed over the Moscow region itself.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
An airstrike destroyed a house in Ansar town, killing seven people and wounding three others on Saturday morning, NNA said.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

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Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Tuesday’s second callback inspection, third inspection overall, got ruined by two dead roaches under a dry storage shelf and four live roaches in dry storage.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

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Melissa Fresses, Maribel's sister, said she was devastated by the news.

— Laura Fay, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Anny Liu of Altadena was introduced to Jackie and Shadow in January 2025 — the month the Palisades and Eaton fires devastated swaths of Los Angeles County.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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In Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Russian glide bomb demolished six floors of a 10-story apartment block, killing one person and wounding 16 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
The facade will join a growing list of other historic sites that have been steadily demolished around Charlotte over the decades.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of demolished

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Twin earthquakes in June shattered Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira, transforming a Caribbean playground into a landscape of ruin and grief.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The east Charlotte shooting left church and school bus windows shattered and children crying.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026

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