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Synonyms and antonyms of Broken, torn or damaged in American Thesaurus

Broken, torn or damaged

broken (adjective)

a broken object has been damaged and is in two or more pieces

faulty (adjective)

not working correctly or made correctly

flawed (adjective)

spoiled by something such as a fault or mark, or lacking something

wrecked (adjective)

very badly damaged or destroyed

trashed (adjective)

informal destroyed, or badly damaged

shot (adjective)

informal injured, damaged, or destroyed

apart (adjective)

broken or divided into many different parts or pieces

battered (adjective)

old and slightly damaged

down (adjective)

used for saying that something is damaged or destroyed and falls to the ground

kaput (adjective)

informal broken

battle-scarred (adjective)

a battle-scarred person, object, or place shows clearly that they have been injured or damaged in a war

blasted (adjective)

literary damaged by storms, heat, or lightning

bombed-out (adjective)

destroyed by bombs

buggered (adjective)

Britishimpolite broken

bust (adjective)

informalBritish broken

chipped (adjective)

something that is chipped is damaged because a small piece has broken off its edge

cratered (adjective)

covered with craters

dog-eared (adjective)

a dog-eared page or book has been used so much that the corners or edges have become damaged or torn

flattened (adjective)

seriously damaged or completely destroyed, for example in a war

fractured (adjective)

broken, or cracked

fucked (adjective)

offensive an extremely offensive word that means completely broken or destroyed

fucked up (adjective)

offensive an extremely offensive expression that means completely broken or in a very bad state

gutted (adjective)

if a building is gutted, it is badly damaged or completely destroyed

hole (verb)

if something is holed, something else has made a hole or holes in it

honeycombed (adjective)

full of holes or tunnels

in shreds ()

severely damaged by being cut or torn

knackered (adjective)

Britishvery informal hurt, damaged, or destroyed

leaky (adjective)

a leaky object or container has a hole or crack in it so that liquid or gas comes out of it

lost (adjective)

completely destroyed

moth-eaten (adjective)

damaged by moths

out of action ()

if something is out of action, it cannot be used, for example because it is broken or is being repaired or cleaned

perforated (adjective)

containing a hole or a series of small holes in the surface

pitted (adjective)

a pitted surface has small marks or holes in it

ragged (adjective)

mainly literary torn and dirty

riddled (adjective)

full of a lot of small holes, usually made by bullets

ruinous (adjective)

formal severely damaged

scuffed (adjective)

scuffed shoes have marks on them where they have been rubbed against a rough surface

shop-soiled (adjective)

British shopworn

shopworn (adjective)

American if clothes or other goods in a store are shopworn, they look slightly damaged or dirty, especially because they have been used in a display

squashed (adjective)

damaged by being pressed or crushed

streaky (adjective)

marked with streaks

stricken (adjective)

damaged or destroyed by a bomb, fire, flood, etc.

tattered (adjective)

something that is tattered looks in very bad condition because parts of it have been torn

timeworn (adjective)

damaged or spoiled by being used a lot or by becoming old

to bits ()

into small pieces

torn ()

the past participle of tear

warped (adjective)

bent or curved, usually because of damage by heat or water

war-torn (adjective)

a war-torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war, especially a war that involves different groups from the same country

washed-out (adjective)

a washed-out road has been damaged so much by rain or a flood that people cannot drive on it

weather-beaten (adjective)

damaged or made rough by being out for long periods in bad weather