"ruining" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ruinings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ruining (plural ruinings)
  1. The act or process by which something is ruined.
    Sense id: en-ruining-en-noun-Czeoi9hS

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ruining
  1. present participle and gerund of ruin Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ruin
    Sense id: en-ruining-en-verb-K8s5Bevg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95

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