'Ruining' definitions:
Definition of 'ruining'
(from WordNet)
noun
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking]
Definition of 'Ruining'
From: GCIDE
- Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n. Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.] To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow. [1913 Webster]
- this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
- By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]