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- verb Present participle of
ruin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
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Examples
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And Memphis, though, although it's raining now and kind of -- it's what you call ruining the air mass because it's raining and it's cooler -- not as hot, as you may get a bigger storm ...
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"Sakes alive now, Kirry," cried Nancy, "that's what I call ruining a good husband -- the man was willing to buy frocks for a boarding-school."
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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What's the point in ruining a lovely wild animal by blowing it to smitherenes?
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What's the point in ruining a lovely wild animal by blowing it to smitherenes?
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I mean running Congress (although ruining is more fitting) are ahowing everyone just how low opinion numbers can go.
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It's time to rise up, wake up America and throw these wacko left wing Congressmen and Senators out of office before they succeed in ruining our Country!
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It's not that they can't handle a black president, it's that they can't stand watching a man who is so inexperienced for the job he's in ruining this country more and more each day.
Georgia congressman: Wilson's outburst 'carefully calculated' 2009
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April 25th, 2008 12: 56 pm ET hillary has no more shame left. truth is, if she succeeds in ruining the election for barrack, she will ruin her career as well. old woman go home phill edou
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The democratic party needs to thank the Clinton regime in ruining the party chance to have a representative in the White House.
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It seems that Sam Weir and writing partner Jonathan Goldstein have been hired to "reboot", "reimagine" or whatever the hell they call ruining perfectly fine movies these days "Vacation."
Archive 2010-02-01 Reel Fanatic 2010
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