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

By day, she cares for her children in a bombed-out milk factory that hosts her orphanage, Okutiuka.

From The Daily Beast

But here, amid the rubble of a bombed-out city, rebels had one subject on their minds: the American election.

From The Daily Beast

There are dozens of weapons stored in the bombed-out building on the outskirts of Al Bab and he had made all of them by hand.

From The Daily Beast

As we pulled up to the outskirts, we could see that the entire front part of the town had been bombed out.

From The Daily Beast

It leaves torn-up bodies, bombed-out buildings, coffins, carcasses, and rivers of blood.

From The Daily Beast

So was Bulgaria finally bombed out of the war by British airmen.

From Project Gutenberg

The barricades were to be destroyed and the enemy bombed out.

From Project Gutenberg