/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of ruining Find synonyms for: Noun1. laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking, destruction, devastationusage: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruinedVerb1. destroy, ruinusage: destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"2. ruin, thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilkusage: destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"3. bankrupt, ruin, break, smash, impoverishusage: reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"4. ruin, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeusage: reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"5. deflower, ruin, copulate, mate, pair, coupleusage: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"6. ruin, decay, crumble, dilapidateusage: fall into ruinWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: penurious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language