'Ruin' definitions:
Definition of 'ruin'
(from WordNet)
noun
An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" [syn: ruin, ruination]
noun
A ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins"
noun
The process of becoming dilapidated [syn: dilapidation, ruin]
noun
An event that results in destruction [syn: ruin, ruination]
noun
noun
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking]
verb
Destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" [syn: destroy, ruin]
verb
Destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
verb
Reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash]
verb
Reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
verb
Deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" [syn: deflower, ruin]
verb
Fall into ruin
Definition of 'Ruin'
From: GCIDE
- Ruin \Ru"in\, n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.]
- 1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] "His ruin startled the other steeds." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall, And one promiscuous ruin cover all; Nor, after length of years, a stone betray The place where once the very ruins lay. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin. [1913 Webster]
- 5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction. [1913 Webster]
- The errors of young men are the ruin of business. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow; subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ruin'
From: GCIDE
- Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n. Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See 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. [1913 Webster]
- this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
- By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ruin'
From: GCIDE
- Ruin \Ru"in\, v. i. To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Though he his house of polished marble build, Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ruin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- ancient manuscript,
- annihilate,
- antique,
- antiquity,
- archaism,
- artifact,
- assault,
- atrophy,
- attack,
- baffle,
- balance,
- balk,
- bane,
- bankrupt,
- bankruptcy,
- barbarize,
- batter,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- beat hollow,
- beating,
- beggar,
- beldam,
- bereavement,
- best,
- betray,
- blast,
- blight,
- bloodbath,
- blue ruin,
- bollix up,
- botch,
- brave,
- break,
- break up,
- breakdown,
- breakup,
- bring to ruin,
- brutalize,
- burn,
- bust,
- butcher,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- carcass,
- carnage,
- carry on,
- cave painting,
- chaff,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- clean out,
- collapse,
- condemn,
- confound,
- confront,
- confusion,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- consume,
- consumption,
- contravene,
- corrupt,
- corrupting,
- corruption,
- cost,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crash,
- crone,
- cross,
- crumbling,
- crush,
- curse,
- damage,
- damn,
- damnation,
- dash,
- dead loss,
- deal destruction,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- debase,
- debasement,
- debasing,
- debauch,
- debit,
- debris,
- decadence,
- decay,
- deceive,
- decimate,
- decimation,
- declension,
- decline,
- deface,
- defeat,
- defile,
- defilement,
- defiling,
- defloration,
- deflower,
- deflowering,
- defy,
- degeneracy,
- degenerate,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- degrading,
- demolish,
- denial,
- denudation,
- deplete,
- depredate,
- depredation,
- deprivation,
- desecrate,
- desolate,
- desolation,
- despoil,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destroy,
- destroyer,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- detritus,
- devastate,
- devastation,
- devolution,
- devour,
- dilapidate,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- disfigure,
- dish,
- dishonor,
- dishonoring,
- disintegration,
- disorganization,
- dispossession,
- disrepair,
- disrupt,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- dissolve,
- divestment,
- do in,
- dodo,
- dotard,
- downfall,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- draw,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- elude,
- end,
- engorge,
- eolith,
- expense,
- fag end,
- failure,
- fall,
- filings,
- fix,
- flatten,
- flummox,
- foil,
- fold up,
- force,
- forfeit,
- forfeiture,
- fossil,
- fragments,
- frustrate,
- fuddy-duddy,
- gin,
- go on,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- hag,
- hammer,
- harm,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- hide,
- hiding,
- holdover,
- holocaust,
- hors de combat,
- hulk,
- hurt,
- husks,
- impair,
- impoverish,
- incinerate,
- injury,
- knock the chocks,
- lambaste,
- lambasting,
- lather,
- lathering,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- lead astray,
- leavings,
- leftovers,
- lick,
- licking,
- liquidation,
- loot,
- loser,
- losing,
- losing streak,
- loss,
- louse up,
- maim,
- mangle,
- mar,
- mastery,
- maul,
- mere wreck,
- mess up,
- mezzolith,
- microlith,
- mischief,
- mislead,
- mug,
- mutilate,
- nemesis,
- neolith,
- nervous wreck,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- odds and ends,
- offscourings,
- old fogy,
- old geezer,
- orts,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outgeneral,
- outmaneuver,
- outpoint,
- outrage,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outshine,
- overcoming,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- paleolith,
- parings,
- pauper,
- pauperize,
- perdition,
- perplex,
- petrification,
- petrified forest,
- petrified wood,
- petroglyph,
- pillage,
- plateaulith,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- privation,
- pulverize,
- put,
- quietus,
- rage,
- rags,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rape,
- rattletrap,
- ravage,
- rave,
- ravish,
- raze,
- refuse,
- relic,
- relics,
- reliquiae,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- riot,
- roach,
- roar,
- robbery,
- rubbish,
- rubble,
- ruinate,
- ruination,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sabotage,
- sack,
- sacrifice,
- savage,
- sawdust,
- scotch,
- scourings,
- scraps,
- screw up,
- scuttle,
- seduce,
- seducing,
- seduction,
- settle,
- shadow,
- shambles,
- shatter,
- shavings,
- shipwreck,
- sink,
- skeleton,
- skin,
- skin alive,
- slaughter,
- smash,
- soil,
- sow chaos,
- spike,
- spoil,
- spoliate,
- spoliation,
- stonewall,
- storm,
- straw,
- stripping,
- stubble,
- stump,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subjugation,
- sully,
- survival,
- swallow up,
- sweepings,
- taking away,
- tear,
- tear around,
- terrorize,
- thrash,
- thrashing,
- throw into disorder,
- thwart,
- total loss,
- trace,
- trim,
- trimming,
- triumph over,
- trounce,
- trouncing,
- uglify,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- undoing,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- unmake,
- upheave,
- upset,
- vandalism,
- vandalize,
- vanquishment,
- vaporize,
- vestige,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vitiating,
- vitiation,
- waste,
- Waterloo,
- whip,
- whipping,
- wipe out,
- wiping out,
- witch,
- worst,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck,
- wreckage