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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Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence..
Spill :: Spill (v. i.) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste..
Demolish :: Demolish (v. t.) To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Mine :: Mine (v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means..
Misconstruing :: Misconstruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconstru.
Mynchery :: Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to 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..
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin..
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
Debris :: Debris (n.) Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins..
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge..
Destructiveness :: Destructiveness (n.) The quality of destroying or ruining.
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state..
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
Ruination :: Ruination (n.) The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined..
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