Ruin

Quick meaning: Ruin is a noun meaning (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

Meaning

(countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
2. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
3. The act of ruining something.
4. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
5. (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
6. (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
7. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.

Example Sentences

The monastery has fallen into ruin.

Gambling has been the ruin of many.

The errors of young men are the ruin of business.

Dr. Manuel: No one is saved. The age of humanity is ended. Soon, only ruin and corpses will remain.

Word Forms

• ruins
• ruining
• ruined
• ruint

Synonyms for ruin

Depending on context, synonyms include wreckage, beggar, destitute, pauperize, depauperate, depauperize.

Antonyms for ruin

Common opposites include build, construct, found, produce, unruin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ruination, destroy, wrecking, devastation, dilapidation, desolation.

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