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adjective

Definition of ruinatenext
as in destroyed

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verb

as in to destroy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinate
  1. ruined
  2. destroy
  3. wrecked
  4. ruin
  5. devastated
  6. tear down
  7. wiped out
  8. wreck
Adjective
  • Sitting on the rim of his consciousness was always cataclysm, the muted whisper of a ruined world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Cities outside Paris have been hit hard by the unrest, including Limoges where a fire nearly destroyed the 19th-century city hall.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Animal diseases also threaten our economy and food system, destroying more than 20% of global livestock production each year.
    — Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroy
Adjective
  • The Audi driver ran off with his car’s license plates, leaving the wrecked luxury car behind.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Police and firefighters responding to the area discovered the wrecked vehicle along the hillside.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • Burdick seemed to have drawn directly from McCarthy’s experience, the hopelessness of fighting with his father over a world his father had already ruined, the surrender to indulgence and mindless violence because…why not?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Each room is also outfitted with a Yale smart lock, which means there’s no room for that horrible feeling of losing a room key to ruin your vacation.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of ruin
Adjective
  • Each also wrestles with the devastated idealism of our times.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The region has weathered, quite literally, some difficult times in the past few years, after Hurricane Helene blew through in 2024 and devastated parts of the Asheville area, including Historic Biltmore Village.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of devastated
Verb
  • There’s an additional piece of history that further highlights the WHHA’s hypocrisy in remaining silent as Kennedy’s garden was torn up and the East Wing torn down.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In the story, Ria teams up with her foster mother and their fellow punks to resist a merciless developer intent on tearing down their building.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of tear down
Adjective
  • This time, Rome killed more than half a million, wiped out nearly 1,000 villages, and banned Jews from Jerusalem.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After a hip injury wiped out his 2025 season and a new regime took over, his time in South Florida was over.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of wiped out
Verb
  • Just as Bryan’s own ascent began, alcoholism almost wrecked his fellow Oklahoma heroes, Turnpike Troubadours.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Some people make money, some people use the buzz to shore up a brand, and some people get their lives wrecked, but who falls into this last category comes down to bad luck more than to justice.
    — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
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