The synonym for the word ruin

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1. ruinverb

   Synonyms:
   ruinate

2. ruinverb

   to cause the ruin of.

   Synonyms:
   ruinate

3. ruinverb

   To destroy or make something no longer be able to be for good use.

   He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.

   Synonyms:
   ruinate

4. ruinverb

   To mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

   My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.

   Synonyms:
   ruinate

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1. ruin

   Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by «reasonable wear,» though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion’s sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. «Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,» Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.

   Synonyms:
   abuse, aggrieve, damage, defame, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misemploy, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrong

   Antonyms:
   applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate

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1. ruin

   Synonyms:
   fall, destruction, defeat, overthrow, lapse, collapse, desolation, downfall, perdition, subversion, decay, decadence, prostration, dilapidation, disorganization

   Antonyms:
   rise, success, prosperity, salvation, rescue, recovery, stabilisation, conservation, regeneration, revivification, reparation, renascence, organization, construction

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1. ruin, ruinationnoun

   an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

   «you have brought ruin on this entire family»

   Synonyms:
   ruination, downfall, ruining, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation

2. ruinnoun

   a ruined building

   «they explored several Roman ruins»

   Synonyms:
   ruination, downfall, ruining, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation

3. dilapidation, ruinnoun

   the process of becoming dilapidated

   Synonyms:
   decrepitude, ruining, ruination, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation, downfall

4. ruin, ruinationnoun

   an event that results in destruction

   Synonyms:
   ruination, downfall, ruining, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation

5. downfall, ruin, ruinationnoun

   failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

   Synonyms:
   fall, ruination, ruining, precipitation, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation, downfall

6. laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wreckingverb

   destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

   Synonyms:
   razing, ruining, ruination, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation, downfall

7. destroy, ruinverb

   destroy completely; damage irreparably

   «You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!»; «The tears ruined her make-up»

   Synonyms:
   demolish, destruct, bankrupt, smash, deflower, break, destroy, put down

8. ruinverb

   destroy or cause to fail

   «This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election»

   Synonyms:
   deflower, break, smash, bankrupt, destroy

9. bankrupt, ruin, break, smashverb

   reduce to bankruptcy

   «My daughter’s fancy wedding is going to break me!»; «The slump in the financial markets smashed him»

   Synonyms:
   crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, part, collapse, die, smash up, transgress, founder, weaken, dash, discover, bang up, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, destroy, damp, smash, deflower, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, break-dance, crush, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, better, burst, go bad, boom, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, fall apart, kick downstairs, blast, nail, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, expose, break, demolish, discontinue, intermit, wear

10. ruinverb

    reduce to ruins

    «The country lay ruined after the war»

    Synonyms:
    deflower, break, smash, bankrupt, destroy

11. deflower, ruinverb

    deprive of virginity

    «This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village»

    Synonyms:
    mar, impair, deflower, spoil, vitiate, bankrupt, smash, break, destroy

12. ruinverb

    fall into ruin

    Synonyms:
    deflower, break, smash, bankrupt, destroy

Matched Categories

1. • Building
   • Copulate
   • Decay
   • Devastate
   • Devastation
   • Impoverish
   • Thwart

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1. ruinnoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, discomfiture, overthrow, defeat, wreck, shipwreck, perdition, fall, downfall, prostration, subversion, undoing

2. ruinnoun

   Synonyms:
   mischief, bane, pest

3. ruinverb

   Synonyms:
   destroy, demolish, overthrow, subvert, overturn, overwhelm

4. ruinverb

   Synonyms:
   impoverish, bring to want, reduce to poverty

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1. ruinnoun

   Synonyms:
   bane, pest, plague

2. ruinnoun

   Synonyms:
   wreck, destruction, undoing, dilapidation, disorganization, perdition, ruination, subversion, shipwreck, downfall, havoc, demolition

3. ruinverb

   Synonyms:
   overthrow, subvert, destroy, wreck, ruinate, impoverish

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1. List of paraphrases for «ruin»:

   spoil, ruins, destroy, ruination, wrack, striker, downfall, doom, ruined, collapse

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1. Thomas Jr.:

   I told Prince Harry, ‘I think she’s going to ruin your life,’ she’s very shallow.

2. De Lesseps:

   I always say if you can’t forgive the people you love, then who can you forgive? … I’m not going to let a silly kiss ruin the rest of our lives.

3. Jeff Daniels:

   They said, ‘We’re going to stop this – you’re a serious actor and this will ruin your career,’ ’With all due respect, Jim is going to wipe you off the screen.’ I said, ‘If I f— up and it’s wrong, then it’s my choice, but I’m getting on a plane.’.

4. Tom McClintock:

   We’re … 18 years now farther down that road to ruin. The impact of these policies of the left has been very consistent, wherever they seize control, you see failing schools, skyrocketing taxes, rampant homelessness, rising violent crime, skyrocketing housing prices, skyrocketing energy prices, fleeing businesses and ultimately people leaving.

5. Lewis Hamilton:

   I am just aware that there is most likely going to be at least one 10 place penalty in the future because I have got one more reprimand to go, when I was in karting there was one steward, he was just there to make everyone’s weekend a bad weekend. Families would turn up and spend so much money to be there… and he was just there to ruin people’s weekends.

• خراب, دمرArabic
• ruïnaCatalan, Valencian
• zřícenina, zruinovat, ruinaCzech
• adfailWelsh
• ruin, ødelægDanish
• Ruin, verderben, zerstören, kaputtmachen, vernichten, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen, RuineGerman
• ερείπιο, καταστρέφωGreek
• ruinoEsperanto
• arruinar, ruina, ruinar, desbaratarSpanish
• vareEstonian
• tärvellä, raunio, raunioittaa, turmio, pilata, rappio, tuhotaFinnish
• gâcher, ruiner, ruine, abîmer, plomber, foutre en l’air, massacrerFrench
• RuïneWestern Frisian
• creach, tobhtaScottish Gaelic
• הרס, דפק, פישלHebrew
• विनाश, नाशHindi
• romba dönt, lerombol, roncs, omladék, rom, tönkreteszHungarian
• կործանելArmenian
• rústIcelandic
• rovina, rovinareItalian
• 破綻, 崩壊, 潰す, 遺跡, 破壊, 打ち壊す, 廃墟, めちゃめちゃ, 破産, 滅ぼす, 潰滅Japanese
• ნანგრევიGeorgian
• 붕괴Korean
• شوێنه‌وارKurdish
• ruinaLatin
• griautiLithuanian
• grautLatvian
• verval, bouwval, puin, puinhoop, ruïne, ruïnerenDutch
• ruinNorwegian
• kitsʼiilí‎Navajo, Navaho
• roïna, arroïnarOccitan
• ruinaPolish
• arruinar, ruína, acabar com, destruirPortuguese
• ruegna, ruina, ruignaRomansh
• ruină, stricaRomanian
• крах, гибель, портить, в развалинах, разрушать, разорение, развалина, разрушить, в руинах, крушение, руина, испортитьRussian
• orroghina, roghina, arruinuSardinian
• podorina, ruševina, razvala, provalina, razval, упропастити, razvalina, podorSerbo-Croatian
• zruinovaťSlovak
• ruin, ödelägga, ruineraSwedish
• அழிவுTamil
• kalıntıTurkish
• hư hạiVietnamese
• rwinerWalloon

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