ruinating

verb

present participle of ruinate
as in destroying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinating
  1. destroying
  2. pulling down
  3. ruining
  4. wrecking
  5. devastating
  6. tearing down
  7. flattening
  8. pulverizing
Verb
  • In the early months of 2022, Russian forces occupied Irpin, destroying roughly 70% of the city.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Tucker Desmond, who pleaded guilty to destroying evidence of other plotters' crimes, was sentenced to probation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of destroying
Verb
  • The pressure improved in the second half with edge Seth Coleman-Lyles and defensive lineman Cam Riley pulling down quarterback Brandon Allen for the only sack of the game.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The teenage girls alerted police of the incident, in which the suspect allegedly attempted to engage the girls in conversation while pulling down his pants and masturbating in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, police said.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulling down
Verb
  • Social media now dominates millions of lives, ruining too many.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Global warming is ruining the way of life for these Colorado ranchers demanding accountability.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruining
Verb
  • The general public learned of the demolition plan only when the wrecking equipment began work nearly three months later.
    — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Martin insisted that it could be done without schmaltz, but the singer was wary of wrecking their reputation with classical pretensions.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrecking
Verb
  • The country is also recovering from devastating back-to-back earthquakes in June that have so far killed over 6,000 people.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Rescue operations and clean-up crews are still working in the wake of last week’s devastating debris avalanche and floods in Nepal and Tibet.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of devastating
Verb
  • Last month, when video of a runaway piglet tearing down Hayworth Avenue and through the alleys near Canter’s Deli hit social media, the internet went nuts.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Demolition crews have begun tearing down the historic Grandview United Presbyterian Church in Mount Washington after weeks of delays.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of tearing down
Verb
  • Shaving down the error Instead of building costly new equipment, the team solved the issue by flattening the material’s surface using a Cooling Cross-section Polisher.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Reading history has a way of flattening the courage of the moment, making political action seem inevitable in hindsight.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of flattening
Verb
  • Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Portions of its skeleton featured pulverizing bite marks and missing chunks that all bore the hallmark signs of another predatory attack.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
Definition of pulverizing
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