to ruin
55
3.5
- verb
- /ˈruːɪn/
:
arruinarse
- This shirt is ruined.
- a ruined building
- a ruined castle
- a ruined house
Because when the local elites are ruined, so is local religion, and local religion means polytheism.
- Because when the local elites are ruined, so is local religion, and local religion means polytheism.
- That by elevating the weak, by kind of putting the slave above the master, society had been ruined and destroyed.
Examples
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He's going to ruin my life!
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My shirt is ruined!
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Think ahead and recognize that I can almost guarantee that they will ruin your night.
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Now because of you we're ruined!
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When I denied this, they upgraded the charges: I was ruining their lives.
Academic text (2007) -
Just then, I stood in the doorway of a ruined stone castle.
Academic text (2001) -
The anchorman is standing in front of the ruined pier and boats.
Fiction book (1994) -
Half a row of lettuce was ruined; the plants were stunted and damaged.
Fiction book (1993) -
If the heavy rains continue, the old bridge will ruin from the constant exposure to water.
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Without maintenance, that abandoned house is likely to ruin in just a few years.
Synonyms
37
4.4
To slowly fall into ruin because of age or neglect
16
4.2
To slowly become weaker or fall apart because it is not cared for
7
6.6
To be completely ruined and lose all value
2
7.3
To become untidy and overgrown and lose quality
1
8.4
To fall into ruin or cause something to fall into ruin because it is not cared for
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
Ruins believed to be from the famous lost city of Atlantis that often lie under the sea
- Literature
An old building that is falling apart with crumbling stones and a sick look
How Dilapidated
579
3.9
55
3.5
37
4.4
146
5.9
470
3.3
130
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ruin comes from the Latin ruina ('a falling down') and the verb ruere ('to fall'). That's why we use ruin for something that slowly 'falls' into decay when no one cares for it.