Ru·in, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined p. pr. & vb. n. Ruining.] 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.
this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. --Franklin.
By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.
ruining
n : destruction achieved by wrecking something [syn: laying
waste, ruin, ruination, wrecking]