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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruinate
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Similarly, corruption or physical damage might destroy a file’s header, which contains its identifying metadata, while leaving other parts of it untouched.—
Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The Jeep crashed into a concrete barrier after clipping the other car, destroying part of the barrier, Adams County Fire Rescue officials said.— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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The firefighters took three injured people out of the wrecked car.— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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The wrecked car was overturned with the nude model sleeping inside—playing dead with help from a mild sedative.— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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These tenacious insects discreetly land on your skin, leaving sudden, itchy, and painful bites that can swell and turn red, ruining a perfectly pleasant outdoor evening.— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
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Who knew that an attempt to ruin Iran’s navy and army would result in the demilitarization of the West?— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
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On the edges of Beirut's stylish downtown area and the trendy Mar Mikhael neighborhood is the devastated port area, wrecked by a massive explosion in 2020, with efforts to apportion responsibility for the disaster allegedly repeatedly stymied by Hezbollah.— David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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That section of town, which would end up among the most devastated, never received an evacuation warning.— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
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The plan would be to keep the fish house operating, but with protections to keep it from being torn down or renovated into something unrecognizable.— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
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Even in moments of disagreement, we are called to speak with charity and to seek dialogue that builds up, rather than tears down.— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Then the game-wrecking interior defensive lineman had a down year coming off surgery for a dislocated elbow.— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Cincinnati has been seeking a young, game-wrecking defensive tackle for nearly a decade.— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Though not as big or catastrophic as the asteroid theorized to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Apophis would cause widespread destruction up to several hundred kilometers from its impact site.— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Article continues below Jen (voiced by Stephen Garlick), who is a member of another, near-extinct race called Gelflings, was raised by Mystics after Skeksis wiped out his extended family.— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
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