Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ruining

1 sense of ruining

Sense 1
laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking -- (destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined)
       => destruction, devastation -- (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ruin

6 senses of ruin

Sense 1
destroy, ruin -- (destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up")

Sense 2
ruin -- (destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election")
       => thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")

Sense 3
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")
       => impoverish -- (make poor)

Sense 4
ruin -- (reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war")
       => lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge -- (cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")

Sense 5
deflower, ruin -- (deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village")
       => copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring")

Sense 6
ruin -- (fall into ruin)
       => decay, crumble, dilapidate -- (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay")