Definition of ruin

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Ruin (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..

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Dish :: Dish (v. t.) To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
Mynchery :: Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another..
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Composed of, or consisting in, ruins..
Imbruement :: Imbruement (n.) The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
Labefaction :: Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
Perditionable :: Perditionable (a.) Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition.
Ruin :: 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..
Tumble-down :: Tumble-down (a.) Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Bane :: Bane (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building..
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..
Fate :: Fate (n.) Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death..
Fordo :: Fordo (v. i.) To destroy; to undo; to ruin.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Crush :: Crush (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Crumble :: Crumble (v. i.) To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
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