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ruin

noun

1 ruin

An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction:
— You have brought ruin on this entire family.

synonym: ruination.

Roget 619: evil, ill, harm, hurt.   , mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to.    blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, ... show more

2 ruin

A ruined building.

Dutch: bouwval
Polish: ruina

3 ruin

The process of becoming dilapidated.

synonym: dilapidation.

Roget 162: destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption, disruption; consumption; disorganization.    fall, downfall, devastation, ruin, perdition, crash; ... show more

4 ruin

An event that results in destruction.

synonym: ruination.

Dutch: ondergang, teloorgang, val

5 ruin

Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.

synonyms: downfall, ruination.

Roget 732: failure; nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen etc. 158 [Lat.]; labor in vain etc. (inutility) 645; ... show more

Roget 735: adversity, evil etc. 619; failure etc. 732; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, ... show more

6 ruin

Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.

synonyms: laying waste, ruination, ruining, wrecking.

Dutch: bouwval, verval, ruïne, puinhoop, puin, strandvonderij
Polish: zaśmiecanie

verb

1 ruin

Destroy completely; damage irreparably:
— You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!.
— The tears ruined her make-up.

synonym: destroy.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Roget 804: be poor etc. adj.; want, lack, starve, live from hand to mouth, have seen better days, go down in the world, come upon the parish; go to the dogs, go to wrack and ruin; not have a penny ... show more

Dutch: afbreken, slopen, vernielen, verwoesten, vernietigen

2 ruin

Destroy or cause to fail.

3 ruin

Reduce to bankruptcy.

synonyms: bankrupt, break, smash.

4 ruin

Reduce to ruins.

5 ruin

Deprive of virginity.

synonym: deflower.

Dutch: defloreren, ontmaagden

6 ruin

Fall into ruin.


Moby thesaurus: Waterloo, abuse, afterglow, afterimage, ancient manuscript, annihilate, antique, antiquity, archaism, artifact, assault, atrophy, attack, baffle, balance, balk, bane, bankrupt, bankruptcy, barbarize ... show more.

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