ALL meanings of ruin
ru·in
R r - transitive verb ruin thing: destroy 1
- noun ruin ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece. 1
- transitive verb ruin mood: destroy 1
- noun ruin a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc. 1
- transitive verb ruin bankrupt 1
- noun ruin a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin. 1
- transitive verb ruin cause downfall of 1
- noun ruin the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything. 1
- noun ruin wrecked building or city 1
- noun ruin the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like. 1
- noun ruin downfall of sth 1
- noun ruin something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin. 1
- noun ruin cause of destruction 1
- noun ruin the downfall of a person; undoing: the ruin of Oedipus. 1
- noun ruin downfall of a person 1
- noun ruin a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual. 1
- noun plural ruin remains of a building or city 1
- noun ruin the act of causing destruction or a downfall. 1
- verb with object ruin to reduce to ruin; devastate. 1
- verb with object ruin to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt. 1
- verb with object ruin to injure (a thing) irretrievably. 1
- verb with object ruin to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower. 1
- verb without object ruin to fall into ruins; fall to pieces. 1
- verb without object ruin to come to ruin. 1
- verb ruin To ruin something means to severely harm, damage, or spoil it. 0
- verb ruin To ruin someone means to cause them to no longer have any money. 0
- uncountable noun ruin Ruin is the state of no longer having any money. 0
- uncountable noun ruin Ruin is the state of being severely damaged or spoiled, or the process of reaching this state. 0
- noun plural ruin The ruins of something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened. 0
- countable noun ruin The ruins of a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed. 0
- noun ruin a destroyed or decayed building or town 0
- noun ruin the state or condition of being destroyed or decayed 0
- noun ruin loss of wealth, position, etc, or something that causes such loss; downfall 0
- noun ruin something that is severely damaged 0
- noun ruin a person who has suffered a downfall, bankruptcy, etc 0
- noun ruin loss of value or usefulness 0
- noun ruin loss of her virginity by a woman outside marriage 0
- verb ruin to bring to ruin; destroy 0
- verb ruin to injure or spoil 0
- verb ruin to fall into ruins; collapse 0
- noun ruin a falling down, as of a building, wall, etc. 0
- noun ruin the remains of a fallen building, city, etc., or of something devastated, decayed, etc. 0
- noun ruin a destroyed or dilapidated building, town, etc. 0
- noun ruin a person regarded as being physically, mentally, or morally a wreck of what he or she was 0
- noun ruin the state of being destroyed, decayed, dilapidated, etc. 0
- noun ruin downfall, destruction, devastation, etc. 0
- noun ruin complete loss of means, solvency, position, etc. 0
- noun ruin moral downfall 0
- noun ruin loss of chastity in a woman 0
- noun ruin any cause of a person's downfall, destruction, etc. 0