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
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  • Keeping your lawn and garden well-maintained can also help reduce grasshopper populations by destroying their breeding habitat.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 21 July 2026
  • But the Pentagon’s youthful set of avid desk-warriors forget that big hurricanes and regional weather events regularly disrupt waterfront facilities on the Gulf and East coasts, destroying worker housing and permanently peeling away shipbuilders.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of destroying
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  • San Jose police officials released 17 minutes of security footage showing vandals brazenly breaking into the Vietnamese Heritage Garden last month and pulling down a nine-foot monument depicting a South Vietnamese soldier.
    — Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Good for hugging and pulling down rebounds in pickup basketball.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of pulling down
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  • Floyd is no longer attracted to his wife, has trouble connecting with his teen-age stepson, and owes tens of thousands in taxes—a set of stressors that are ruining his health.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • Plus, one of the biggest things that holds people back from DIY is a fear of ruining their home, but that’s virtually impossible with peel-and-stick wallpaper.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Definition of ruining
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  • Long-distance backpacking is having a moment, and readers planning a first thru-hike want to know how to prepare without wrecking their body, their gear budget or their trip.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
  • Most of the peril comes with dangerous ship-wrecking moments, including one that implies the death of Moana's relative, while our heroine herself almost drowns on her first voyage from land.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Definition of wrecking
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  • Instead, Trump talks about devastating Iran’s infrastructure – hitting bridges and power plants.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Over 850 wildfires are currently devastating Canada, as reported by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of devastating
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  • Mercury is a big network with an independent spirit, tearing down gatekeepers and giving a platform to the best indie shows.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • That will take Major League Soccer tearing down all the walls.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of tearing down
Verb
  • In 2020, a massive storm called a derecho struck Iowa, producing hurricane-force winds and flattening over 10 million acres of corn and soybean fields.
    — Derek Norman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Startlingly, the strikes appeared to move in a geographical line from the northeast to the southwest, flattening whole neighborhoods in a way that suggested little differentiation between civilian and military structures.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of flattening
Verb
  • The garbanzos are sometimes roasted before pulverizing, lending the yellow powder a richer, nuttier taste.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 25 June 2026
  • But the biggest beef to be had is in Sarnoski’s insistence to bludgeon us with pulverizing violence, which grows tiresome and repetitive in the carnage-spewing initial 30 minutes.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Definition of pulverizing
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