To ruin means to wreck or destroy. If you're wearing a long dress, make sure your clumsy brother stays away from you. If he steps on it, it'll rip and be ruined.
The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
Noun
destruction achieved by wrecking something
Noun
a ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins"
Noun
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
Noun
an event that results in destruction
Noun
the process of becoming dilapidated
Noun
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"
Verb
fall into ruin
Verb
deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
Verb
destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
Verb
reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
Verb
reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter''s fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
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destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
n.
The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
n.
Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats
its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin
of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the
ruin of health or hopes.
n.
That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or
decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains
of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the
like.
n.
The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or
worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
n.
That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
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.
v. i.
To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or
dilapidated; to perish.
Ruin
The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall, And one promiscuous ruin cover all; Nor, after length of years, a stone betray The place where once the very ruins lay.
The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.4.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
Ruin
this mortal house I'll ruin.
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in the ashes.
Ruin
Though he his house of polished marble build, Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell.
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster.
The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
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.
To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Usage Examples
Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.
In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.
Bad attitudes will ruin your team.
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance.
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.
Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.
My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.
I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.
If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.
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