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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
  • An electrical fire destroyed their home on Osceola Avenue during Fourth of July weekend in 2005.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Earthquakes in July 2019 destroyed three energetics compounds in the Salt Wells area of China Lake.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 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
  • The tumult of these raids, which played out daily on TV and social media, ruined lives and hurt local economies.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Season is far from over The good news is, unlike Miami’s historic 1988 loss in South Bend, this loss does not ruin the Hurricanes’ chances to win a national title.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of ruin
Adjective
  • The devastated widower has been trying to reach his daughter to no avail since Thursday morning.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Moscow and Kyiv have observed the truce in and around the devastated southern Ukrainian city since Tuesday, but remain otherwise locked in the war that began with Russia's full-scale invasion more than 4½ years ago.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of devastated
Verb
  • Majed Al-Omari, who lost a limb during the war, struggled to make his way between tents on crutches after the rains tore down the wooden frame and plastic sheeting of his shelter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • However, if don’t go tearing down your own accept wallpaper just yet.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of tear down
Adjective
  • Calls the budget provision forcing municipalities to repay NCDOT hypocritical, pointing to roughly $40 million in design costs wiped out by the PAVE Act with no comparable clawback.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The drop wiped out nearly $200 billion in value for the company.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of wiped out
Verb
  • The foul trouble hasn’t been constant, but its worst episodes have wrecked entire stints.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald, which wrecked on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, now serves as a memorial to the lost crew in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point, Michigan.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of wreck
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