All ruin synonyms
ruΒ·in
R r noun ruin
- bygones β past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
- antique β An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- dilapidation β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- debacle β A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
- desolation β Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- deleteriousness β The quality of being deleterious.
- antiquity β Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- necrosis β death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- whaling β the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- outrage β an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- end β Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- annihilation β the act of annihilating
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- downthrow β a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
verb ruin
- whelm β to submerge; engulf.
- baffle β If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
- do for β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- fractured β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- deflorate β (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- dismantle β to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- dis-favored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- bust β a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- do in β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- hogtie β to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- muddied β abounding in or covered with mud.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- immobilize β to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- knock down β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- gnarling β a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- browning β a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
- denudate β denuded; bare
- dig out β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- gut β the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- murder β Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- blitzing β Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
- drop the ball β a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- bung up β a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- deviling β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.