destroyed

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adj. feeling extremely sad or shocked because of bad news.

adj. experiencing extreme emotional distress or psychological devastation.

“She was destroyed when she heard that her favorite shop was closing down.”

“The family was utterly destroyed by the sudden news, struggling to process the magnitude of their loss in the following weeks.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Informal

adj. feeling completely exhausted after a lot of hard work.

adj. physically or mentally exhausted to the point of collapse.

“I was absolutely destroyed after running my first marathon.”

“After forty-eight hours of continuous duty, the medical staff were destroyed and desperately needed a period of uninterrupted rest.”

C2 · Proficiency Dialect · Informal

adj. covered in mud or dirt, usually after a fall.

adj. heavily soiled or muddied, typically used in reference to clothing or children.

“The kids came home destroyed after playing in the wet garden all afternoon.”

“He tripped in the bog and came back to the cottage destroyed, with mud caked into every fiber of his wool coat.”