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 Definitions of ruin  [ˈru ɪn]  

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Definition of 'ruin' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ruin
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or is decaying.

2.  ruin
a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc.

3.  ruin
a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition:
The house fell into ruin.

4.  ruin
the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything.

5.  ruin
the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like.

6.  ruin
something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight:
Alcohol was my ruin.

7.  ruin
the downfall of a person; undoing.

8.  ruin
a person as the wreck of his or her former self.

9.  ruin
the act of causing destruction or a downfall.

10. (v.t.) ruin
to reduce to ruin; devastate.

11.  ruin
to bring to financial ruin; bankrupt.

12.  ruin
to injure (a thing) irretrievably.

13.  ruin
to deflower (a woman) by seduction.

14. (v.i.) ruin
to fall into ruins.

15.  ruin
to come to ruin.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME ruine < MF < L ruīna headlong rush, collapse, ruin =ru(ere) to fall +-īna -ine3)

Definition of 'ruin' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ruin, ruination
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
"you have brought ruin on this entire family"

2. (noun) ruin
a ruined building
"they explored several Roman ruins"

3. (noun) dilapidation, ruin
the process of becoming dilapidated

4. (noun) ruin, ruination
an event that results in destruction

5. (noun) downfall, ruin, ruination
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

6. (verb) laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

7. (verb) destroy, ruin
destroy completely; damage irreparably
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

8. (verb) ruin
destroy or cause to fail
"This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"

9. (verb) bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
reduce to bankruptcy
"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

10. (verb) ruin
reduce to ruins
"The country lay ruined after the war"

11. (verb) deflower, ruin
deprive of virginity
"This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

12. (verb) ruin
fall into ruin


Definition of 'ruin' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) ruin
to spoil or damage
I ruined my white skirt when I spilt wine on it.; Smoking can ruin your health.

2.  ruin
to cause sb to lose all their money
High bills that almost ruined our business.

3. (noun) ruin
the remains of a building that has fallen down or been destroyed
the ruins of an old castle

4.  ruin
when sb loses all their money
a family facing financial ruin

5.  ruin
in ruins
in a very bad condition or destroyed
She felt her life was in ruins.


Definition of 'ruin' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ruin
the act of falling or tumbling down; fall

2. (noun) ruin
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

3. (noun) ruin
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

4. (noun) ruin
the state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin

5. (noun) ruin
that which promotes injury, decay, or destruction

6. (noun) ruin
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

7. (verb) ruin
to fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish


Translation of 'ruin' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a broken, collapsed or decayed state
the ruin of a city.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verval Arabic flag Arabic: خَراب، دَمار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разруха
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ruína Czech flag Czech: zkáza, zánik, troska German flag German: die Ruine
Danish flag Danish: forfald Greek flag Greek: ερείπιο, συντρίμμι Spanish flag Spanish: ruina
Estonian flag Estonian: varemed Farsi flag Farsi: فروریزی دیوار؛ خرابه Finnish flag Finnish: raunio
French flag French: ruine Hebrew flag Hebrew: הֶרֶס Hindi flag Hindi: विनाश, विध्वंस, तबाही, बर
Croatian flag Croatian: ruševina Hungarian flag Hungarian: romlás, pusztulás Indonesian flag Indonesian: keadaan rusak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rúst Italian flag Italian: rovina, rudere Japanese flag Japanese: 廃虚
Korean flag Korean: 파괴 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žlugimas Latvian flag Latvian: drupas; gruveši
Malay flag Malay: musnah Dutch flag Dutch: ruïne Norwegian flag Norwegian: ødeleggelse, ruin
Polish flag Polish: ruina Persian flag Persian: فروریزی دیوار؛ خرابه Pashto flag Pashto: خرابه، ویجاړ ځایونه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ruína Romanian flag Romanian: ruină Russian flag Russian: развалины, руины
Slovak flag Slovak: pád, zánik Slovenian flag Slovenian: razvalina Serbian flag Serbian: ruina
Swedish flag Swedish: ruin[er], spillror Thai flag Thai: ซากปรักหักพัง Turkish flag Turkish: harabe
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 摧毀,廢墟 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: руїни Urdu flag Urdu: خرابی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự đổ nát Chinese flag Chinese: 毁坏,废墟

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