to ruin
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈruːɪn/
- Offensive
:
desflorar
- People see her go, and right away they think the men have ruined her.
Examples
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Please, I... I beg you, do... do not use this to ruin me.
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Your plan, to ruin her daughter, are you making any progress?
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And he would never have married her if, by doing so, he would have ruined her.
Fiction book (1993) -
If anyone found out at home, her reputation would be ruined, and she could never have her own business or a husband.
Fiction book (2002) -
A man who ruins a woman for his pleasure and casts her off to ruin other men.
Academic text (1997) -
The father who promised to ruin Moray if he broke his daughter's heart.
Blog text (18) -
Helena Fitzhugh understands perfectly well that she would be ruined should her secret love affair be discovered.
Blog text (33) -
He tried to ruin her reputation with false rumors.
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The scandal could ruin her chances of getting married honorably.
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Once he ruined her dignity, she found it hard to trust anyone again.
Synonyms
5
9.9
To have sex with a woman or girl who has not had sex before
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ruin once had an older meaning from Latin ruere ('to fall') that could mean causing someone to 'fall' in honor or reputation. A helpful way to remember this old sense is to think of making a person's life 'fall' into disgrace.