ruinate 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of ruinatenext
as in destroyed

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ruinate

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verb

as in to destroy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinate
  1. destroy
  2. pull down
  3. ruin
  4. devastated
  5. tear down
  6. wreck
  7. wiped out
  8. flatten
Verb
  • Approximately 40 firefighters responded to the blaze, which was first reported at 11:43 a.m., destroyed one building, damaged at least three others, and downed utility wires along 17th Street.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The fire destroyed an apartment building near Ammons Street and West 12th Avenue, killing two cats and displacing four people, according to West Metro Fire Rescue.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of destroy
Verb
  • In recent years the question of separating NBCUniversal from the broadband business has been raised as it’s considered to have pulled down the stock.
    Lillian Rizzo,Alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In the summer of 2009, Mayo Clinic leaders voiced strong opposition to the creation of a public option, which advocates say would have helped pull down the ballooning price of both health care treatments and insurance.
    Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of pull down
Verb
  • Lobby group Family Business UK said tens of thousands of family-run businesses and farms will be ruined by this change due to lower levels of inheritance tax relief.
    Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The ground floors of thousands of homes have been ruined.
    Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of ruin
Adjective
  • More than 1,000 soldiers from the country's emergency response units had been deployed to the devastated areas.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Baptists on Mission Baptists on Mission is another piece of the fabric holding devastated communities together in Helene’s deadly wake.
    Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of devastated
Verb
  • Water surged over a gully running through the Valencian town, ripping apart roads and tearing down walls of homes.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • When the hotel was torn down, much of the lumber was sold to be used in building houses in the area.
    Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of tear down
Verb
  • Expectations were too high because of the staggered rollout of AI, along with China which wrecked everyone.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Ice Cube is checking himself so as not to wreck himself.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of wreck
Adjective
  • But in the last few years, an explosion of warehouse development has wiped out farmland and open space.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Across the industry Profits are getting wiped out across the whole chip industry, owing to excess inventories among manufacturers and retailers and a drop in demand for PCs, smartphones, and consumer electronics.
    BYNicholas Gordon, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
Definition of wiped out
Verb
  • The city’s Art Nouveau and Brutalist grandeur has been repeatedly battered, flattened, and obscured by war and occupation.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Turn the dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and flatten it into a 4-in disk.
    Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of flatten
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