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

It takes no great imagination to envision Hiroshima in the wreckage of Gaza or in the increasingly bombed-out cities of Ukraine.

From Salon

Images from the region resemble bombed-out Stalingrad in 1942 or Berlin in 1945.

From Salon

He pressed a tablet to record his assessment and sighed as his partner, Jaber Al-Khatib, hoisted himself up on a wall and examined the skeletal remains of a bombed-out, three-story building.

From Los Angeles Times

Even now, scars of decades of war are still visible - like in the central district of Shangani where there are bombed-out buildings.

From BBC

Recently, he wrote on Facebook, “Palestine is my Valentine,” and called on his followers to help him raise $200,000 by Valentine’s Day to rebuild a bombed-out school in Gaza.

From Salon