bombed-out

[bomd-out]

adjective

1. destroyed or severely damaged by or as by bombing.

   a bombed-out village; a bombed-out economy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bombed-out¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

"From a safety and humane perspective, the first thing you have to do is make the sites that have been bombed-out safe," says former JCB executive Philip Bouverat.

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Hamas officials have said in recent interviews that retrieving bodies of dead hostages will take time, as many are in collapsed or bombed-out tunnels or under the rubble.

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She lives nearby in a bombed-out building with her extended family.

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“It’s so crazy. It’s like the movies ... where you have these bombed-out cities and these bombed-out people. It’s worse than that. I don’t think they can make a movie as bad.”

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Much of “Orwell: 2+2=5” unfolds like a fever dream, Orwell’s words colliding with scenes from the present, including bombed-out streets in Gaza and Ukraine.

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