RUINATING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

ruinating

verb

present participle of ruinate

as in destroying

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After destroying much of Gaza and killing tens of thousands of Palestinians, Israel has regained military control of nearly 70 percent of the strip.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
But if firms lean on AI to cut lower-level work, the risk is destroying the very avenue of apprenticeship that produces future senior associates and managers.

— Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 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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The song is a cautionary tale about a brothel in New Orleans known for ruining many poor girls.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
As wet electrodes get thicker, the liquid binder migrates unevenly during drying, ruining the battery‘s structure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruining

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From Miami to Fort Lauderdale, residents struggled through the saltwater suddenly seeping into their neighborhoods and wrecking their commute.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick crossed the line while wrecking after Larson hit the wall trying to chase down Briscoe on the final turn.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wrecking

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The earthquake comes less than two months after a border region of Nepal and Tibet was struck by devastating flash flooding that left hundreds of people dead and destroyed several communities.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023, devastating large parts of the country and threatening stability along its borders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of devastating

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In the story, Ria teams up with her foster mother and their fellow punks to resist a merciless developer intent on tearing down their building.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Whether the commenter ever followed through on the challenge is still unclear, but SZA had something to say to people who think tearing down someone else’s artwork is worth a lot of their time.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tearing down

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But ice, in addition to flattening the soda, will invite you to take longer, let it get diluted, and deflate the texture.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
Lighting director Frédéric Dorieux has said that the team aims for light that is soft, even, and full without flattening the face.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 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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