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Mynchery :: Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.

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.

Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.

Ravage :: Ravage (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time..

Undermine :: Undermine (v. t.) Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state..

Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

Lorn :: Lorn (a.) Lost; undone; ruined.

Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.

Brike :: Brike (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin..

Proceeds :: Proceeds (n. pl.) That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation..

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book..

Unclew :: Unclew (v. t.) To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin..

Spill :: Spill (v. i.) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..

Downfallen :: Downfallen (a.) Fallen; ruined.

Downfall :: Downfall (n.) A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin..

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