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What is another word for ruining?

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Noun

The act of sabotaging something

Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process

Physical damage caused to something

The act or state of worsening or making or getting worse

Verb

(somewhat rare) Bringing harm or injury to

Present participle for to reduce to a state of poverty

Adjective

Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way

Causing severe damage or devastation, often by forcefully striking or hitting repeatedly

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Noun

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The act of sabotaging something

Noun

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Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process

Noun

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Physical damage caused to something

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

levelling^UK

leveling^US

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Noun

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The act or state of worsening or making or getting worse

Verb

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(somewhat rare) Bringing harm or injury to

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

vaporizing^US

pulverizing^US

levelling^UK

leveling^US

vaporising^UK

pulverising^UK

putting the kibosh on

putting out of action

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

discoloring^US

having a bad effect on

putting out of commission

making unattractive

throwing monkey wrench in

banging up

making useless

taking apart

driving a nail into the coffin of

playing merry hell with

putting a damper on

raining on someone's parade

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

crashing

pulling the rug out from under

throwing a monkey wrench into

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

distorting the shape of

having a negative effect on

dumping on

handling roughly

doing mischief to

striking at the foundations

running onto the rocks

dashing to pieces

damaging beyond repair

spiking

dimming

aborting

biasing^US

biassing^UK

colouring^UK

sapping the strength of

coloring^US

costing

causing the loss of

resulting in damage to

resulting in harm to

leading to the end of

causing the sacrifice of

bringing someone to their knees

rendering ineffective

cancelling^UK

canceling^US

tunnelling^UK

tunneling^US

exerting influence on

preventing from moving

preventing from working

rendering powerless

bringing to a screeching halt

rendering inoperative

making ineffective

bringing to a standstill

pummelling^UK

rendering null and void

upending

devaluating

losing strength

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“The miners feared that the explosion would ruin the salt mine and destroy their livelihood.”

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Present participle for to reduce to a state of poverty

reducing to destitution

wiping out

causing to go bankrupt

reducing to penury

bringing someone to their knees

making poor

cleaning out

making penniless

“Dreverhaven seemingly hinders him at every turn, trying to break his will and ruin him financially.”

Adjective

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Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way

unfavorable^US

environmentally unfriendly

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

accidentally on purpose

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Adjective

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Causing severe damage or devastation, often by forcefully striking or hitting repeatedly

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