Definition of ruin

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Ruin (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..

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Mynchery :: Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
Tarente :: Tarente (n.) A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul..
Pruinous :: Pruinous (a.) Frosty; pruinose.
Accrue :: Accrue (n.) Something that accrues; advantage accruing.
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading..
Wrackful :: Wrackful (a.) Ruinous; destructive.
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
Unclew :: Unclew (v. t.) To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin..
Imbruement :: Imbruement (n.) The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
Destructiveness :: Destructiveness (n.) The quality of destroying or ruining.
Erlking :: Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children..
Bruin :: Bruin (a.) A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
Ruinate :: Ruinate (v. i.) To fall; to tumble.
Deperditely :: Deperditely (adv.) Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked..
Perdition :: Perdition (n.) Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death..
Utterly :: Utterly (adv.) In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain..
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Ruin :: Ruin (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.
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