| ruin | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruination, ruining, wrecking |
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| (noun) a ruined building | - |
| (noun) an event that results in destruction | Synonyms: ruination |
| (noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: downfall, ruination |
| (noun) the process of becoming dilapidated | Synonyms: dilapidation |
| (noun) an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | Synonyms: ruination |
| (verb) fall into ruin | - |
| (verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: destroy |
| (verb) reduce to ruins | - |
| (verb) deprive of virginity | Synonyms: deflower |
| (verb) reduce to bankruptcy | Synonyms: bankrupt, break, smash |
| (verb) destroy or cause to fail | - |
| ruination | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruining, wrecking |
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| (noun) an event that results in destruction | Synonyms: ruin |
| (noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: downfall, ruin |
| (noun) an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | Synonyms: ruin |
| ruined | (adjective) destroyed physically or morally | Synonyms: destroyed |
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| (adjective) doomed to extinction | Synonyms: done for, sunk, undone, washed-up |
| (adjective) brought to ruin | Synonyms: finished |
| ruiner | (noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | Synonyms: destroyer, undoer, uprooter, waster |
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| ruining | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruination, wrecking |
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| ruinous | (adjective) causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | Synonyms: blasting |
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| (adjective) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin | Synonyms: catastrophic |
| ruinously | (adverb) in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree | - |
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| ruinousness | (noun) The quality of causing or tending to cause ruin. | - |
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