Definition of ruin

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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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Bane :: Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe..
Ruined :: Ruined (imp. & p. p.) of Rui.
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
Crush :: Crush (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
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..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
Construing :: Construing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constru.
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..
Lorn :: Lorn (a.) Lost; undone; ruined.
Ruiner :: Ruiner (n.) One who, or that which, ruins..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources..
Labefaction :: Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
Mynchery :: Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.
Erlking :: Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children..
Accrue :: Accrue (n.) Something that accrues; advantage accruing.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Blight :: Blight (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects..
To :: To (prep.) Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state..
Downfallen :: Downfallen (a.) Fallen; ruined.
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