ruinated

verb

past tense of ruinate
as in destroyed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinated
  1. destroyed
  2. ruined
  3. flattened
  4. wrecked
  5. pulled down
  6. demolished
  7. shattered
  8. devastated
Verb
  • Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third destroyed over the Moscow region itself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • An airstrike destroyed a house in Ansar town, killing seven people and wounding three others on Saturday morning, NNA said.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroyed
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  • Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Tuesday’s second callback inspection, third inspection overall, got ruined by two dead roaches under a dry storage shelf and four live roaches in dry storage.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters.
    — Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Suharyanto, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of flattened
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  • The biggest mistake parents make is adding dates to the calendar month-by-month, only to realize too late that a random Tuesday half-day has totally wrecked their work schedule.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Decay intensified quickly, and the elements broke down most anything that vandals hadn’t already wrecked.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • Doubters should eat their words after Douglas pulled down an incredible grab on the opening drive.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The operator pulled down a gate with a clang, plunging us into darkness.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulled down
Verb
  • In Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Russian glide bomb demolished six floors of a 10-story apartment block, killing one person and wounding 16 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The facade will join a growing list of other historic sites that have been steadily demolished around Charlotte over the decades.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of demolished
Verb
  • Twin earthquakes in June shattered Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira, transforming a Caribbean playground into a landscape of ruin and grief.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The east Charlotte shooting left church and school bus windows shattered and children crying.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of shattered
Verb
  • Melissa Fresses, Maribel's sister, said she was devastated by the news.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Anny Liu of Altadena was introduced to Jackie and Shadow in January 2025 — the month the Palisades and Eaton fires devastated swaths of Los Angeles County.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of devastated
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