destroyed
verb/dɨʃ.tɾu.i.ɐ/medium
des·tru·i·a
Definition
Past tense form (imperfect) of the verb 'to destroy', indicating an action of wrecking or ruining that was ongoing in the past.
The army was destroying the city walls during the siege.
He was systematically destroying all evidence of the crime.
Common collocations
completely destroyedslowly destroyeddestroyed the evidence
Etymology
Do latim 'destruere'.