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

His partner, Anya, paints the whimsical figurines he creates, and the irrepressible couple weather the war in bombed-out Kharkiv with their more anxious pal Andrey, a painter and cameraman.

From New York Times

What a tour, though, from the top-notch craft of Yorick Le Saux’s above- and below-ground cinematography to the realism of production designer Adam Stockhausen’s many bombed-out sets.

From Los Angeles Times

Footage broadcast by Al-Jadeed TV - whose journalists were also sharing the house - showed a bombed-out building with a collapsed roof and floors covered in rubble.

From BBC

Billboards featuring images of bombed-out Ukrainian churches and swimming pools, burnt-out buses and school classrooms are contrasted with peaceful images from Georgia.

From BBC

It is surrounded by a mess of rubble and pieces of metal, the detritus from bombed-out buildings nearby.

From BBC