RUINATE Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of ruinate

as in destroyed

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verb

as in to destroy

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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

Adjective

Police and firefighters responding to the area discovered the wrecked vehicle along the hillside.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Hundreds of clay jars known as amphorae were discovered inside the wrecked ship, alongside lead anchor stocks and other artifacts, police said.

— Isabella Colletta, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrecked

Adjective

Vyan uses logic and the help of friendly Kurdish commander from the Iraqi government forces in Mosul to locate the IS snipers preventing civilians from leaving the devastated city.

— Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
Rescuers continue to struggle to reach devastated communities days after the massive flooding that stemmed from a glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.

— Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of devastated

Verb

There’s very serious jazz here in Los Angeles, in Jefferson High School, Central Avenue Jazz, the Dunbar Hotel, all the bars in that strip that got torn down from the 110.

— Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Miller is referring to the original First National Bank building at Dearborn and Monroe, a contemporary of the Rector Building designed by Daniel Burnham and torn down in 1970.

— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of tear down

Adjective

In 1981, for instance, a bombing wiped out much of the governing Islamic Republican Party’s leadership.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Last year, the Swiss village of Blatten was wiped out when a fragile glacier crashed down, bringing the side of the mountain with it and destroying 300 homes.

— Imogen Foulkes, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of wiped out

Verb

The kind of person who could, and does, wreck the world with a flick of his finger, without suffering an ounce of remorse or consequence.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
The Nantucket Current reported that the wreck is likely part of a 19th-century wooden ship that wrecked near Miacomet Beach in 1884.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of wreck

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