ruinated

verb

past tense of ruinate
as in destroyed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinated
  1. destroyed
  2. ruined
  3. flattened
  4. wrecked
  5. pulled down
  6. demolished
  7. shattered
  8. devastated
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  • These structures were regionally and culturally inspired, and largely destroyed during rapid and callous colonization.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 4 July 2026
  • The Aspen Acres fire has likely destroyed more than 200 homes, but the fire conditions have stopped damage assessment teams from accessing some areas to get a clearer picture, Pueblo County officials said.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 4 July 2026
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Croatia still furious Despite the correct decision being made, Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić was far from happy, saying VAR had ruined the spirit of the game.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Bovary is in some sense a morality tale, but what lifts it above didacticism, along with its bone-deep interiority, is that its romantic plotlines are as addictive as the genre works that have ruined poor Emma Bovary.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of ruined
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  • Jonas, a program analyst at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was on the job for five days before Hurricane Harvey flattened homes along the Texas coast in 2017.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • These sprawling facilities devour an enormous amount of power, require heaps of water to keep cool, and generate tons of noise, on top of being an eyesore that requires hundreds of acres of land be flattened.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 July 2026
Definition of flattened
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  • Perrineau is weary, if not quite as wrecked as the car sticking halfway out of the far wall.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • In the history of mankind, socialist success stories are as rare as triple plays in baseball, but plenty of countries have been wrecked by it — Venezuela and Cuba, to name just two.
    — Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • South Korea’s Kospi dropped a breathtaking 10%, pulled down by double-digit losses for chip makers Samsung and SK Hynix.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • The next day, August 22, a crowd gathered in front of the headquarters of the KGB and pulled down a giant statue of its founder, Felix Dzerzhinsky.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of pulled down
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  • The East Wing of the White House was demolished suddenly in October 2025 and there is set to be a huge new ballroom, office spaces and an underground military complex in its place, though the design of the new building is still in flux.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Just months later, in October, the East Wing had been demolished without notice to make way for the new ballroom.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of demolished
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  • His companies have transformed industries, his wealth has shattered records, and his politics now shape governments and public debate.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • Republican Rick Jackson shattered spending records in Georgia by spending $108 million of his own money into his campaign for governor.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of shattered
Verb
  • Earlier that day, Contreras had broken down in tears while talking about the deadly earthquakes that devastated his native Venezuela.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Carr, who has spent decades documenting South Florida's Indigenous history, said the region's Native population had been devastated long before the American Revolution.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of devastated
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