ruin
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈruːɪn/
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ruina
- A land in ruins, its people torn apart!
- financial ruin
- fall into ruin
- bring ruin
Ranging from physical danger to financial ruin to children in harm's way.
- Ranging from physical danger to financial ruin to children in harm's way.
- It also means downfall or ruin, like things collapsing in.
- We are all so close to to being in financial ruin.
- Greed stains the soul with a stench of ruin.
- Death, ruin, earth, then go past ruin.
- Was full on and close as you could get to to ruin.
Examples
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Chicago is called the Second City because after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Chicago was rebuilt on its ruins.
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Dunstanburgh, a dramatic ruin, stands on an outcrop of Whinsill 100 feet above the North Sea.
Academic text (1999) -
A few communities lie in ruin as the rest of the city goes on with life as usual.
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America is in financial ruin.
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Most of the town was in ruins, but not all of it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Nowadays, many Njayei houses have been allowed to fall into ruin and have not been replaced.
Academic text (1993) -
The few remaining independent broadcasters and publishers are facing ruin or are reduced to begging for support.
Academic text (1993) -
Over the next 2,500 years, Nabonidus' contribution fell to ruin, while Ur-Nammu's original held up.
Academic text (2011) -
In Romantic art of the early nineteenth century, Gothic churches, cathedrals, and ruins figured prominently.
Academic text (1992) -
After the storm, the coastal town was left in complete ruin, with damaged buildings and washed-away roads.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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3.0
Severe damage that makes something no longer exist or cannot be fixed
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7.0
The end of a plan, institution, or idea
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4.8
Great destruction that leaves places badly damaged, for example after a war or storm
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5.1
A sudden loss of power or status caused by a mistake
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7.7
An area left empty and ruined after a disaster
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7.6
A complete destruction or great loss that makes something worthless
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5.6
A sudden disaster that ends something important
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7.4
A building or place that has fallen into bad condition
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8.4
A building or place that becomes run-down and damaged because people do not care for it
A state when something is very broken and falling apart
A state of being broken or left in ruins after it has collapsed
Idioms
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 Ruined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ruin as a noun comes from the Latin ruina meaning 'a falling down', so it names the state or process when things have been completely damaged or lost. That's why financial or personal disaster is called 'ruin'.