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Discover LudwigThe phrase "all but destroyed" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something is nearly or almost completely destroyed, but not entirely so.
Example: "The storm left the coastal town all but destroyed, with only a few buildings still standing."
Alternatives: "practically destroyed" or "virtually destroyed".
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It painted Hitchcock as a sexual predator who all but destroyed Tippi Hedren's career when she didn't sleep with him during the making of "The Birds".
This obeisance to a symbol has all but destroyed the US anti-war movement -- Obama's singular achievement.
The latter all but destroyed private business.
Numerous Uzbek neighborhoods were all but destroyed by arson fires.
In 2010, it was all but destroyed by fire.
It all but destroyed Hingis and it deeply affected Mauresmo.
The last strike all but destroyed baseball in Montreal.
Editing all but destroyed the film in Vigo's day.
High waves all but destroyed a historic seafront wind shelter.
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Somehow that symbiotic relationship was all-but destroyed as content moved onto the web.
The Danes later seized, and all-but destroyed Manigceastre, and absorbed what was left of the tribes.
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