ruin

Meaning

1. The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
2. The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
3. Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
4. The act of ruining something.
5. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
6. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
7. Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

make a mess of

bring to ruin

be ruined

break to pieces

ruined place

impoverish utterly

make rotten

make worse

ruined condition

ruined house

make desolate

make addled

attack verbally

be shattered

cause to fall

demolish dash

deprive of

deprive of life

detract from

make a stroke

make sour

make ugly

reduction to the ranks

move violently

mere skeleton

falling into straitened circumstances

cause to disappear

make a mess of something

make bad

utter loss

bankruptey

concentrate on

frustate

improverish

act causing lamentation

discomfiture

cause to perish

great fall

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹuː.ɪn/

From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).

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