What does ruinate mean?
Ruinate means (transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy..
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/ˈɹuːɪneɪt/ · verb
(transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy..
[…] as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].
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Ruinate means (transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy..
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[…] as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
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