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Definition of Ruinating
1. ruinate [v] - See also: ruinate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruinating
Literary usage of Ruinating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Edward Chauncey Baldwin (1906)
"... or leastways wos in the Old England times, and would be to-morrow, if cause
given, a floppin' again the business to that degree as is ruinating—stark ..."
2. Charles Dickens: The Man and His Work by Edwin Percy Whipple, Arlo Bates (1912)
"... he formerly called " floppin' agen the business to that degree as is ruinating —
stark ruinating! " and which he was accustomed to interrupt by throwing ..."
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