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destroyed

/dɪˈstɹɔɪd/ adjective B1
  1. Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
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The Wolf, now that he had the opportunity, fell upon the sheep, and destroyed the greater part of the flock.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 73 · B2
When the Shepherd returned to find his flock destroyed, he exclaimed: “I have been rightly served; why did I trust my sheep to a Wolf?”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 73 · B2
Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, “O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 7 · B2
The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 19 · B2

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