ruinate

Verb

Verb Forms: ruinated, ruinating, ruinates

To cause the ruin or destruction of something.
To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
To fall; to tumble.

Adj

Falling into ruin; decrepit.

Examples

An ill-advised challenge can RUINATE an otherwise strong lead in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

Scrabble Score: 7

ruinate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ruinate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ruinate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

ruinate: valid Words With Friends Word