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[ roo-uh-ney-shuhn ] / ˌru əˈneɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ruination ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined. something that ruins. Origin of ruinationFirst recorded in 1655–65; ruinate + -ion Words nearby ruinationRuhmkorff coil, Ruhr, Ruhr Valley, ruin, ruinate, ruination, ruinous, Ruisdael, Rukeyser, Rukwa, RUL Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ruinationNazism left no stone unturned to bring about the ruination of Germany. Baathism Can't Die Quickly Enough|Justin Green|September 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST It looks like the day after the election, the headlines will be Republican rout, Democrat ruination. Don't Blow It, GOP!|Mark McKinnon|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST Sober or drunk: It looks like the day after the election, the headlines will be Republican rout, Democrat ruination. Don't Blow It, GOP!|Mark McKinnon|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST And he bristles at the suggestion that he was the ruination of her career. Brittany Death Suit|Gerald Posner|January 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Both San Martino and Doberdo are destroyed beyond the limits of ruination. War and the Future|H. G. Wells And it is a good thing you don't, Reuben, for it would be the ruination of you! Ishmael|Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth Some say drink is the besetting sin; another says 'bacca is man's ruination. Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series|John Hartley But this turkey-trot-tango business—it's goin' to be the ruination of the home. In a Little Town|Rupert Hughes And, if the debtors cannot pay, we are afraid it will be ruination for a large proportion of the population. The Peace Negotiations|J. D. Kestell
British Dictionary definitions for ruination
nounthe act of ruining or the state of being ruined something that causes ruin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ruinationundoing, wrack, liquidation, downfall, extinction, devastation, end, wrecking, wreck, ruin, havoc, subversion, overthrow, extirpation, murder, massacre, invalidation, slaughter, bane, elimination |