Synonyms:
laying_waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking
Meaning: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Usage examples
"Forgive me, Grusha, for my love, for ruining you, too, with my love."
Under Vespasian and Titus, Pliny, the naturalist, exclaimed: "Large estates have ruined Italy, and are ruining the provinces."
But neither was this of any service; for the pirates, finding few ships at sea, began to gather into companies, and to land on their dominions, ruining cities, towns, and villages; pillaging, burning, and carrying away as much as they could.