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Noun ruin has 6 senses
- ruin, ruination - an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"
--1 is a kind of devastation, desolation
- ruin - a ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins"
--2 is a kind of building, edifice
- dilapidation, ruin - the process of becoming dilapidated
--3 is a kind of decay
- ruin, ruination - an event that results in destruction
--4 is a kind of destruction, demolition, wipeout
--4 has particulars: devastation, desolation; shipwreck
- downfall, ruin, ruination - failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
--5 is a kind of failure
--5 has particulars: finish
- laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking - destruction achieved by wrecking something
--6 is a kind of destruction, devastation
Verb ruin has 6 senses
- destroy, ruin - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
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- ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
--2 is one way to thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
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- bankrupt, ruin, break, smash - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
--3 is one way to impoverish
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Something ----s somebody
- ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
--4 is one way to lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
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- deflower, ruin - deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
--5 is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
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- ruin - fall into ruin
--6 is one way to decay, crumble, delapidate
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