Ruin

Definition:

  • (n.) The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
  • (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.
  • (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
  • (n.) The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
  • (n.) That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
  • (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.
  • (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.

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broke vs. ruin

destruction vs. ruin

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roin vs. ruin

rubin vs. ruin

ruin vs. rutin

quin vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruing

bruin vs. ruin

ruin vs. run

rain vs. ruin

perditionable vs. ruin

downcome vs. ruin

bewreck vs. ruin

bedash vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruinable

brike vs. ruin

defeature vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruiner

blooper vs. ruin

debris vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruins

dog vs. ruin

rein vs. ruin

impoverished vs. ruin

remnant vs. ruin

ruin vs. wreck

relic vs. ruin

calamity vs. ruin

ruin vs. settle

misfortune vs. ruin

ruin vs. tarnish

desolate vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruined

disrupt vs. ruin

crumble vs. ruin

raze vs. ruin

naufrage vs. ruin

fordo vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruination

ruin vs. shipwreck

impoverish vs. ruin

harm vs. ruin

demolish vs. ruin

damage vs. ruin

blight vs. ruin

downgrade vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruinous

botch vs. ruin

ruin vs. tragedy

dilapidate vs. ruin

ruin vs. subvert

desolation vs. ruin

beggar vs. ruin

devastate vs. ruin

crab vs. ruin

bugger vs. ruin

damn vs. ruin

perdition vs. ruin

dash vs. ruin

expose vs. ruin

ruin vs. ruinate

disarray vs. ruin

ruin vs. upset

destroy vs. ruin

ruin vs. time

ruin vs. withered

loss vs. ruin

ruin vs. spoil

cruel vs. ruin

dish vs. ruin

ruin vs. rune

crush vs. ruin