Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinating
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Modesto Fire Department Firefighters quickly contained and extinguished the fire, preventing it from destroying the home, officials said.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026 -
By the way, the last scene of The Conversation has the paranoid Gene Hackman destroying his apartment in a desperate and futile search for listening devices.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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Dunn led the Trojans with a season-high 29 points while pulling down five rebounds.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
19 Jan. 2026
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The person, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation, said they were punched in the face after pulling down an officer’s mask who was dragging them out of the vehicle.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
16 Jan. 2026
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And, from this week’s issue, Nicola Twilley’s reporting on another lingering effect of the wildfires—smoke taint that is ruining grapes and threatening California’s wine industry.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The video then shows the man asking if the situation was ruining Kaleel's Christmas.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
6 Jan. 2026
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Dosunmu operated at times like a one-man wrecking crew, forcing his way downhill in the half court and cracking open the Heat’s confounded defense in the flow of transition.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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At other locations in the valley, hospices operated inside strip malls alongside burrito stands, nail salons, dance studios, tax preparers and even an auto parts store and wrecking yard.—
William La Jeunesse,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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While an eight-game winning run saw Cherki, Foden and Haaland hit their devastating best, three frustrating draws against Sunderland, Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion were characterised by wastefulness in front of goal.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Group members want to see Bonta’s office take ownership of a review, as occurred in Hawaii after Maui’s devastating Lahaina fire.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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On Thursday morning, fire department trucks were tearing down the affected side of the building, which was entirely blackened and hollowed out from the flames.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Four men escaped the facility by tearing down one of the building’s walls.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Many tech companies have spent recent years flattening their structure by cutting middle management at a record rate.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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By flattening hierarchies and empowering team members, leaders model the same transparent, participatory principles that underpin healthy democracies.—
Midhat Zwayen,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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After pulverizing Gaza so relentlessly that a country founded in the shadow of the Holocaust was judged by experts as complicit in genocide, Israel’s military and intelligence apparatus also struck out elsewhere—Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Syria.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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According to a new study, this effect is gradually pulverizing the asteroids that make up the belt.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Ruinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruinating. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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