ruinating

present participle of ruinate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinating
Verb
  • Continue reading … HISTORY HYPOCRITES – Hawley turns tables on reporter when asked if White House renovation is destroying history.
    , FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Saving Denji’s life, Pochita and the young man make a deal to fuse, imbuing him with the ability to turn parts of his body into Devil-destroying chainsaws.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Weiss began pulling down as much as $150,000 per engagement, a point of contention in the pro-Israel space, where advocates give speeches for free.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Many airlines are pulling down their operations at Newark, Bastian said, which reduces some of the congestion at the airport.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Chiefs have seen some of league’s premier running backs — such as Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and Jahmyr Gibbs — and have met each challenge, preventing those elite players from ruining the defensive game plan.
    Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Clark reiterated his belief that the Dodgers are not ruining baseball.
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That history came to an end after wrecking crews tore down the wing’s two stories of offices and reception rooms last week.
    Darlene Superville, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The big money takeover is wrecking college sports.
    , FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That changed after Inter’s devastating 5–0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final — the worst defeat in the competition’s history.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sol Price had relinquished his official leadership role, and Robert’s fifteen-year-old son had recently died of cancer, devastating the family.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For the first time since general manager Joe Cronin began tearing down a playoff roster five years ago, the team is competent.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Demolition crews have begun tearing down the East Wing of the White House, clearing ground for a 90,000-square foot ballroom in the biggest White House expansion in more than 70 years.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Different from a memory foam pillow or down/down alternative pillows, a latex pillow provides a cushioned support that’s resistant to flattening or losing its shape over time.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Gilbert caused widespread destruction—flattening over 100,000 homes, crippling power and communication networks, and claiming 45 lives.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 30 Oct. 2025.

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