Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ruining"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ruining
n : destruction achieved by wrecking something [syn: {laying
waste}, {ruin}, {ruination}, {wrecking}]
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