Ruin synonyms
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destroy (related)
(Intransitive) To cause destruction.
The stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship.
Sink is defined as to go down slowly, or to drop beneath the surface or normal level.
To become bankrupt or short of money.
A progressive decrease in the strength of a conditioned response, often resulting in its elimination, because of withdrawal of a specific stimulus.
damnatory
Containing a sentence of condemnation
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To force into bankruptcy.
Explosives, especially when designed or used as weapons.
A trace; bit
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
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To cause physical harm to; hurt:
To pull down, tear down, or smash to pieces (a building, etc.)
(Intransitive) Become poor.
To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of:
To lessen in any way, as in size, weight, amount, value, price, etc.; diminish
To make someone a pauper; to impoverish
To defraud of money or property; swindle.
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make penniless
To cause to become bankrupt
bring to destitution
To cause to become bankrupt
bring to want
To cause to become bankrupt
To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
To use up completely:
To give way; collapse:
clean out
To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
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cook one's goose
To cause to become bankrupt
To treat improperly; abuse or spoil.
To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob:
To force (another) to have sexual intercourse; rape.
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help (antonym)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
fund (antonym)
To put in a fund; accumulate
destruction (related)
Destruction is defined as the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something.
Portending harm; ominous.
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Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
Merely negative; not helpful
The definition of disastrous is something that is very harmful or damaging.
Allowing no hope; causing despair
(Slang) Ruined, destroyed, defeated, etc.
Having or showing ill will; malicious:
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perdue
Alternative spelling of perdu.
Causing great injury, destruction, or ruin; fatal; deadly
Bringing or tending to bring ruin; very destructive or harmful; disastrous
The definition of an annihilation is the entire and complete destruction of a place, thing or group.
A cause of harm, ruin, or death:
A federal judicial procedure by which most debts owed by a person or entity are extinguished or reduced or the payment of which are delayed.
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Any of numerous plant diseases that cause leaves, stems, fruits, and tissues to wither and die. Rust, mildew, and smut are blights.
The definition of a catastrophe is a large, often sudden, disaster or ending.
The act of collapsing; a falling in or together; failure or breakdown, as in business or health
(Biology) The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.
Decay is defined as rotted matter or the state of rotting, deteriorating or declining.
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
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Matter produced by the decay or disintegration of an organic substance.
The definition of devastation is severe destruction or a state of severe grief or sadness.
A cause of ruin:
(Countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The People that Time Forgot, edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
In the Christian religion, perdition is defined as a state of eternal punishment you experience after death if you were a sinner who did not repent to God.
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(UK, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers uninterested women.
(Informal) A nuisance; annoyance
Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
To throw so as to break; smash
To reduce to one-tenth.
To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
To deplete is defined as to diminish or use up the supply of something.
To desecrate is defined as to treat something that is sacred with disrespect.
To hurt the appearance or attractiveness of; deform; deface; mar
The dissolving of a material in a liquid.
To destine to a tragic fate
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
The definition of harm is to hurt or damage something.
The definition of impair is to hinder or weaken something.
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
The definition of maim is to mutilate or injure in a way that limits full use of the body.
To bring to destruction; destroy:
ruinate
(Archaic) To ruin
To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy:
To undermine, mislead, or betray:
To throw into confusion; unsettle.
building (antonym)
The definition of a building is a structure or the process of making a structure.
creation (antonym)
The definition of a creation is something that has been made or brought into existence.
development (antonym)
(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
growth (antonym)
Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
success (antonym)
One that is successful:
triumph (antonym)
Exultation or rejoicing over victory or success:
restore (antonym)
To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
construct (antonym)
To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
grow (antonym)
To increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
build (antonym)
To establish a basis for; found or ground:
create (antonym)
To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:
A loss of reputation.
A wrecking or being wrecked
One that destroys:
A person, car, train, boat, etc. that salvages or clears away wrecks; specif., a truck equipped to tow away wrecked or disabled automobiles
cross up
To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of
To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
(Figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
(Intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
(Archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
To crush is defined as to press hard enough to injure, break into small pieces or beat down emotionally.
To overcome emotionally
put-the-kibosh-on
leftover (related)
Food left over from one meal and, often, eaten at a later meal
money (related)
To reduce to financial insolvency
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
The act or work of a wrecker
To ravage or spoil
crumble (related)
half-ruined (related)
remnant (related)
graveyard (related)
shattered (related)
A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
To do damage to
construction (antonym)
Something constructed; structure; building
Synonym Study
- Dilapidation implies a state of ruin or shabbiness resulting from neglect the dilapidation of a deserted house
- Havoc suggests total destruction or devastation, as following an earthquake or hurricane the storm wreaked havoc along the coast
- Destruction implies annihilation or demolition, as by fire, explosion, flood, etc. the destruction of the village in an air raid
- Ruin implies a state of decay, disintegration, etc. especially through such natural processes as age and weather the barn is in a state of ruin
Find another word for ruin. In this page you can discover 153 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ruin, like: destroy, wreck, sink, despoliation, bust, extinction, damnatory, bankrupt, demolition, overthrow and vestige.