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The phrase "almost wholly destroyed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has been significantly damaged or ruined, but not entirely.
Example: "After the fire, the building was almost wholly destroyed, leaving only a few walls standing."
Alternatives: "nearly completely destroyed" or "virtually annihilated".
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In 66 the Jews rebelled against Rome, and in 70 the city was besieged and almost wholly destroyed by the Roman forces under the future emperor Titus.
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In 1887 it was almost entirely destroyed by fire.
The Baphuon temple mountain (1050 66) is unfortunately almost completely destroyed.
During World War II Głogów was almost completely destroyed.
The town was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1796.
Fig. 12 Almost completely destroyed old town in Chautara.
Thistle was almost completely destroyed.
"The hotel is almost completely destroyed.
The town of Northallerton was almost totally destroyed or depopulated.
The crops in the latter department were almost entirely destroyed.
Their houses, located beside the sea, were almost entirely destroyed.
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