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)