Synonym: demolish, destroy, devastate, mar, ravage, spoil, upset, wreck. Antonym: restore. Similar words: fruit, equinox, cruise, sanguine, recruit, harlequin, altruism, continuing. Meaning: ['rʊɪn] n. 1. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction 2. a ruined building 3. the process of becoming dilapidated 4. an event that results in destruction 5. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation 6. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. v. 1. destroy completely; damage irreparably 2. destroy or cause to fail 3. reduce to bankruptcy 4. reduce to ruins 5. deprive of virginity 6. fall into ruin.
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61 This country is going to rack and ruin; we need a change of government.
62 The old empty house soon went to rack and ruin.
63 Circumstances have combined to ruin our plans for a holiday.
64 The house had been left to go to rack and ruin.
65 The old mill is now little more than a ruin.
66 All these glossy pamphlets are just window dressing - the fact is that the new mall will ruin the neighborhood.
67 What can we do to preserve the company from ruin?
68 They spent a great deal of effort retrieving the firm from ruin.
69 The poem contains a bleak prophecy of war and ruin.
70 The incident threatens to ruin his chances in the election.
71 A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
72 The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin.
73 His incompetence has brought us to the brink of ruin.
74 The blackmailer will have to be bought off, or he'll ruin your good name.
75 The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.
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76 We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
77 The war brought the country to the brink of ruin.
78 If she gets her claws into that young man, she'll ruin his political career.
79 If we followed your advice we'd all be walking down the primrose path to ruin.
80 It's a real sign of the times: 30 small businesses face financial ruin this month.
81 Gambling was his ruin.
82 The plans are an object lesson in how to ruin a city centre.
83 The car accident meant the ruin of all her hopes.
84 If she loses the court case it will ruin her.
85 He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
86 She entered upon a love affair which was to ruin her marriage.
87 A modern extension on the old building would ruin its architectural integrity.
88 The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruin from my memory.
89 A long strike would ruin the company.
90 An absent Lexandro could ruin this chance.
More similar words: fruit, equinox, cruise, sanguine, recruit, harlequin, altruism, continuing, intriguing, equinoctial, altruistic, grapefruit, incongruity.