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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinate
Verb
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Aid distributed inside Israeli military zones Gaza’s roughly 2 million Palestinians are almost completely reliant on international aid because nearly all food production capabilities have been destroyed.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025 -
The first move for a mistrial from Combs’ legal team occurred at the end of May, after prosecutors asked Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigator Lance Jimenez if fingerprint evidence related to the bombing of Kid Cudi's car had been destroyed.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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Farmer’s 376-foot homer pulled down the left-field line came on Harrison’s dead-red slurve.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
11 June 2025
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Months after ads for lactation cookies by the pregnant cookbook author Molly Baz were pulled down from Times Square for being too racy, Bobbie put a postpartum Ms. Baz back up there with her newborn latched to one breast and a can of its formula in one hand.—
Alisha Haridasani Gupta,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The front nine, which has ruined more than a handful of U.S. Open rounds over the last two days, proved to be much tougher.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Sara Schilling,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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In a tragic accident, Buckley drowned in the Wolf River in Memphis in 1997, leaving behind an unfinished second album and a legion of devastated family, friends and fans.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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In particular, McCann appears eager to wrap his arms around the internet’s social, political, and spiritual impact: how instant global connectivity has brought people together but also fostered hate and devastated nature in the name of progress.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Tornadoes can tear down a home and hurricanes can flood entire towns.—
Thomas E. Weber,
Time,
6 June 2025
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In 2023, Gloria abandoned an unpopular plan to implement Senate Bill 10, which would have allowed a single-family home to be torn down and replaced with a new structure of up to three stories with up to 10 units in much of the city.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
Verb
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DeChambeau became the first defending champion to miss the cut at the national championship since Gary Woodland in 2020 — his round wrecked by errant drives, knucklers out of the rough and putts that would not drop.—
Apress,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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When the blowback from this problem child’s dodgy associations threatens to wreck her life, the everymatriarch steps in.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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Tens of billions of dollars in value has been wiped out, including during the days when the company was soliciting bids for its offering, the largest of its kind in India.—
Alex Travelli,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2023
Verb
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Seeing babies torched so badly their faces are flattened boils the blood.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
11 June 2025
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Video recorded at the scene by WSOC shows the lemonade stand was flattened, and the vehicle came to rest in a front yard with damage to its front and back ends.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2025
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“Ruinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruinate. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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