Definition of ruin

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of ruin is as below...

Ruin (n.) 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..

Lern More About Ruin

Bane :: Bane (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin.
Rubbish :: Rubbish (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris..
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
Crush :: Crush (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Imbruement :: Imbruement (n.) The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
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..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice..
Incoming :: Incoming (a.) Coming in; accruing.
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
Mynchery :: Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Attest :: Attest (v. t.) To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence..
Graffiti :: Graffiti (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii..
Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and
Subversionary :: Subversion (n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution..
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
Ruinable :: Ruinable (a.) Capable of being ruined.
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us