bombed-out

American  

[bomd-out] / ˈbɒmdˈaʊt /

adjective

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of bombed-out

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

In December, an investment firm linked to Kushner ditched plans to build a hotel on the site of Belgrade's bombed-out Yugoslav army headquarters.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Doha al-Daya, 32, is staying in the bombed-out shell of her Gaza City home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

"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.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Mark me: In the bombed-out hovels of West Berlin, there was a first drag show to hail the city’s resurrection.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

The steps protested my weight with a symphony of shudders and creaks, but they held, and what I discovered upstairs—compared to the bombed-out ground floor, at least—was like a time capsule.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs