bombed out
Reduced to rubble
Bombed out describes something destroyed or severely damaged by bombing: bombed-out buildings lined the street.
Extended to mean exhausted or incapacitated, often from drugs or alcohol: He was completely bombed out after the party.
The phrase can also mean forced out by bombing: bombed-out refugees fled the city.
Damaged beyond recovery
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- guttedEmptied of contents
razed · leveled · flattened · blitzed · rubble · derelict · shell · warzone
Emptied of resources
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- knackeredBritish for exhausted
- frazzledMentally and physically depleted
depleted · fatigued · wrecked · done in · zonked · bushed · beat · running on empty
ruined
Damaged beyond recovery
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
gutted · razed · leveled · flattened · blitzed · rubble · derelict · shell · warzone · ruins
drained
Emptied of resources
frazzled · depleted · fatigued · wrecked · done in · zonked · bushed · beat · running on empty · fried
wasted
Used without good result
trashed · blitzed · wrecked · loaded · tanked · sloshed · blotto · legless · paralytic · three sheets
flopped
Failed completely
misfired · fizzled · choked · blanked · flunked · busted · faceplanted · cratered · laid an egg · went down in flames
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- losing phrasesgame over, you lose, defeated, beaten, take a beating
bombed outenergized
Made lively and alert
wired · alert · refreshed · revitalized · wide awake
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