What is the meaning of ruining?

noun

• Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.
  • synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruination, wrecking

verb

• Destroy completely; damage irreparably.
  • usage: "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
  • synonyms: destroy, ruin
• Destroy or cause to fail.
  • usage: "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
  • synonyms: ruin
• Reduce to bankruptcy.
  • usage: "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
  • synonyms: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
• Reduce to ruins.
  • usage: "The country lay ruined after the war"
  • synonyms: ruin
• Deprive of virginity.
  • usage: "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
  • synonyms: deflower, ruin
• Fall into ruin.
  • synonyms: ruin