Search Result:ruining
Overview of noun ruining
The noun ruining has 1 sense
- laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking -- (destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined)
Overview of verb ruin
The verb ruin has 6 senses
- destroy, ruin -- (destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up")
- ruin -- (destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election")
- bankrupt, ruin, break, smash -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him")
- ruin -- (reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war")
- deflower, ruin -- (deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village")
- ruin -- (fall into ruin)