RUINATING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

ruinating

verb

present participle of ruinate

as in destroying

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Fox attorneys also accused executives at both Dominion and Smartmatic of destroying evidence in their respective cases, and sought sanctions.

— Maddy Lauria, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Because both sides can persistently generate concentrated effects without concentrating forces, destroying the enemy’s ability to keep fighting becomes harder.

— NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of destroying

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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

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And Hollywood really should stop ruining good shows trying to chase that approval.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The near-miss is one of the more potent and consequential instances of a hallucinating AI ruining the reliability of a professional report.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruining

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Here’s how the shift happened, what the ingredient actually does below the neck and how to fold it into a routine without wrecking your skin barrier.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of wrecking

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Military force has imposed enormous costs on both Hamas and Iran, devastating their military facilities and killing their commanders.

— NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of devastating

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Development in Charlotte has often involved tearing down historic sites.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2026
While their Oscar-winning No Other Land alternated between scenes of bulldozers tearing down homes in the West Bank and scenes showing the growing camaraderie between Abraham and his Palestinian co-director Badel Adra, there is no such relief here.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tearing down

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For one, housing prices are flattening, and in some markets there is an excess supply of houses on the market.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of flattening

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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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