bombed-out
Ruined by explosions
Bombed-out describes something destroyed or severely damaged by bombing: bombed-out buildings, a bombed-out neighborhood.
The term extends to anything that looks devastated or gutted: The apartment was bombed-out after the party.
Applied to people, it can mean exhausted or intoxicated to the point of incapacity: He was completely bombed-out by midnight.
Broken building fragments
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- shellHard outer covering
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
debris · gutted · collapsed · shattered · desolate · charred · hollowed · scarred
Severely reduced or emptied
- drainedEmptied of resources
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- wipedCleaned by rubbing
- shatteredBroken into fragments
worn · fatigued · wrecked · zonked · knackered · finished · done · toast
Used without good result
- trashedDestroyed or intoxicated
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
blitzed · wrecked · obliterated · legless · paralytic · loaded · tanked · sloshed
Failed completely
- tankedFailed utterly, collapsed
- crashedSuddenly failed or slept
- failedDid not succeed
- bustedApprehended or broken
disaster · fiasco · debacle · collapsed · sank · misfired · backfired · rejected
Swift, overwhelming offensive
- air raidAerial military attack
- shelterProtected place or structure
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- civiliansNon-military population
refugees · sirens · bunker · occupation · liberation · reconstruction · displaced · survivors
rubble
Broken building fragments
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- shellHard outer covering
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
wreckage · debris · gutted · collapsed · shattered · desolate · charred · hollowed · scarred · remnants
depleted
Severely reduced or emptied
shattered · worn · fatigued · wrecked · zonked · knackered · finished · done · toast · haggard
wasted
Used without good result
- trashedDestroyed or intoxicated
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
smashed · blitzed · wrecked · obliterated · legless · paralytic · loaded · tanked · sloshed · annihilated
flopped
Failed completely
busted · disaster · fiasco · debacle · collapsed · sank · misfired · backfired · rejected · panned
blitz
Swift, overwhelming offensive
- air raidAerial military attack
- shelterProtected place or structure
- evacuationRemoval from danger
civilians · refugees · sirens · bunker · occupation · liberation · reconstruction · displaced · survivors · artillery