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Almost every building is damaged or destroyed beyond repair.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025 -
According to Craig Croucher of the Bot Builders, around 300 spectators turned out to watch the robots destroy each other.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a brief stint in the Clippers’ preseason opener in Oceanside, Brown came off the bench and immediately pulled down three offensive rebounds.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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Lee then pulled down his pants and attempted to force plaintiff’s head toward his genitals.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Behind Sarnow and Common Council members, employees used equipment to lift a wrecked SUV with its left front side smashed in, a somber reminder of the devastation caused by reckless driving.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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In Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, hundreds of Palestinians attempted to return to their homes, only to find wrecked buildings, rubble and destruction upon the withdrawal of the Israeli troops.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Drummond's proposals to the court to sharply limit litter's use as fertilizer would amount to a ban on the practice in the river's watershed; this and the cost of removing all litter from the watershed would ruin poultry growers throughout the region, defendants argue.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the end, the explorers destroyed themselves and their ships and ruined the lives of so many indigenous people after setting up colonies in places like Tierra del Fuego.—
Charlie Markbreiter,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Vital witnesses were killed in the blast All 16 people inside the facility died in the blast, leaving behind a devastated network of coworkers and loved ones as well as depriving investigators of crucial accounts of the final moments leading up to the explosion.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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With the ceasefire taking effect, massive groups of Palestinians were pictured pouring back into the devastated capital.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An Illinois State University faculty member was arrested after he was accused of flipping a Turning Point USA student group's table and tearing down promotional flyers on campus last week.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the three years that the new building was being constructed on school grounds, and now that the old school is being torn down, students at Bruce Vento have been without a playground.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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If the 12-point underdog Las Vegas Raiders somehow upset the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in Week 7 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, defensive end Maxx Crosby will have wrecked the game.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Six games into his fourth NFL season, Thibodeaux has flashed the game-wrecking potential that led to the Giants grabbing him in the top five of the of the 2022 draft.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Thought to have been caused by the impact of a massive asteroid into Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, the K–Pg event wiped out around three-quarters of all species of plants and animals.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Entire circles of thought have been wiped out.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Ruinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruinate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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