Definition of ruin

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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.

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Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction..
Pruinate :: Pruinate (a.) Same as Pruinose.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
Downfall :: Downfall (n.) A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin..
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin..
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin..
Accruer :: Accruer (n.) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer..
Dilapidated :: Dilapidated (a.) Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.
Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book..
Pruinose :: Pruinose (a.) Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost..
Universal :: Universal (a.) Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice..
Labefaction :: Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
Fordone :: Fordone (a.) Undone; ruined.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Bruin :: Bruin (a.) A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
Leer :: Leer (v. t.) To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin..
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