'Ruination' definitions:
Definition of 'ruination'
(from WordNet)
noun
An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" [syn: ruin, ruination]
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]
Definition of 'Ruination'
From: GCIDE
- Ruination \Ru`in*a"tion\, n. [LL. ruinatio.] The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ruination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bane,
- bankruptcy,
- bloodbath,
- blue ruin,
- breakage,
- breakdown,
- breakup,
- carnage,
- collapse,
- confusion,
- consumption,
- crack-up,
- crippling,
- damage,
- damnation,
- decimation,
- depredation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destroyer,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- devastation,
- dilapidation,
- disablement,
- disintegration,
- disorganization,
- disrepair,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- encroachment,
- harm,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- hobbling,
- holocaust,
- hurt,
- hurting,
- impairment,
- incapacitation,
- infringement,
- injury,
- inroad,
- loss,
- maiming,
- mayhem,
- mischief,
- mutilation,
- perdition,
- ravage,
- ruin,
- ruinousness,
- sabotage,
- scathe,
- shambles,
- sickening,
- slaughter,
- spoiling,
- spoliation,
- undoing,
- vandalism,
- waste,
- weakening,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck