What is "ruining"

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.

vb. (present participle of ruin English)

n. destruction achieved by wrecking something [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruination, wrecking]