Defenition of the word ruin

• Defenition of the word ruin

  • reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
  • destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
  • the state of being decayed or destroyed
  • the process of becoming dilapidated
  • destruction achieved by wrecking something
  • a ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins"
  • reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
  • cause to fail: "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
  • an event that results in destruction
  • failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
  • an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"
  • fall into ruin
  • deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
  • reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter''s fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
  • destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
  • destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
  • a ruined building
  • an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  • deprive of virginity
  • destroy completely; damage irreparably
  • reduce to ruins
  • reduce to bankruptcy
  • destroy or cause to fail

Synonyms for the word ruin

• • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • blue ruin
  • break
  • debris
  • desolation
  • destroy
  • devastation
  • dilapidation
  • laying waste
  • mother's ruin
  • ruination
  • ruining
  • wrecking

Hyponyms for the word ruin

• • break
  • burn
  • burn down
  • bust
  • bust up
  • consume
  • desolate
  • desolation
  • despoil
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • devour
  • do a job on
  • explode
  • finish
  • fire
  • get
  • harry
  • kick down
  • kick in
  • lay waste to
  • plunder
  • rape
  • ravage
  • scourge
  • shipwreck
  • spoil
  • subvert
  • undo
  • vandalise
  • vandalize
  • violate
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wrack
  • wreck

Hypernyms for the word ruin

• • baffle
  • bilk
  • building
  • copulate
  • couple
  • cross
  • crumble
  • decay
  • delapidate
  • demolition
  • desolate
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • dilapidate
  • edifice
  • failure
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • impairment
  • impoverish
  • lay waste to
  • mate
  • pair
  • queer
  • ravage
  • scotch
  • scourge
  • spoil
  • thwart
  • waste
  • wipeout

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