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Ruin   /rˈuən/  /rˈuɪn/   Listen
Ruin

noun
1.
An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction.  Synonym: ruination.
2.
A ruined building.
3.
The process of becoming dilapidated.  Synonym: dilapidation.
4.
An event that results in destruction.  Synonym: ruination.
5.
Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.  Synonyms: downfall, ruination.
6.
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.  Synonyms: laying waste, ruination, ruining, wrecking.
verb
(past & past part. ruined;pres. part. ruining)
1.
Destroy completely; damage irreparably.  Synonym: destroy.  "The tears ruined her make-up"
2.
Destroy or cause to fail.
3.
Reduce to bankruptcy.  Synonyms: bankrupt, break, smash.  "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
4.
Reduce to ruins.
5.
Deprive of virginity.  Synonym: deflower.
6.
Fall into ruin.



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"Ruin" Quotes from Famous Books



... worth waiting for, Kirstie! worth waiting for a generation; it would be enough reward." - And here he remembered the schoolmaster again, and very unwisely took to following wisdom. "The first thing that we must see to, is that there shall be no scandal about for my father's sake. That would ruin all; do ...
— Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson
... sapping the constitutions of our American men? No doubt much may be attributed to the unnatural refinements of civilization in several directions; but there can be no doubt that vice is the most active cause of all. Secret sin and its kindred vices yearly ruin more constitutions than hard work, severe study, hunger, ...
— Plain Facts for Old and Young • John Harvey Kellogg
... worlds in flame should perish, Suns and stars in ruin fall, Trust in thee our hearts should cherish, Thou to us be all in all. And though heavens thy name are praising, Seraphs hymn no sweeter tone Than the strains our hearts are raising, "Thou art Love, and ...
— Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various
... like "Dodd" that he is on the high road to ruin, the prison, or the rope, and the chances are that you puff him up with pride at his own achievement, or fill him with ambition to see the end of his own career carried out in ...
— The Evolution of Dodd • William Hawley Smith
... his daughter but for mingled protestations and menaces which his wife used for preventing such a violation of parental authority. "Moggs don't know from Adam where she is; and you never knowed her do anything of that kind. And you'll go about with your mad schemes and jealousies till you about ruin the poor girl; that's what you will. I won't have it. If you go, I'll go too, and I'll shame you. No; you shan't have your hat. Of course she'll be off some day, if you make the place that wretched that she can't live in it. I know I would,—with ...
— Ralph the Heir • Anthony Trollope


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