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ruinsnounpl. of ruin the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyedthe ruins of an abandoned abbey ashes, debris, detritus, flotsam, remains, residue, rubble, wreck, wreckage jetsam, leavings, remnantchaff, deadwood, dross, dust, garbage, junk, litter, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste ruinsverbpresent tense third-person singular of ruinto cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debtsafter he was ruined by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the industrialist was forced to sell his mansion and start all over again to bring destruction to (something) through violent actiontornadoes ruined a wide swath of the county destroys, devastates, ravages, scourges despoils, forays, harries, loots, marauds, pillages, plunders, sacks, stripsannihilates, desolates, eradicates, expunges, extinguishes, extirpates, nukes, obliterates, rubs out, shatters, smashes, totals, vaporizes, wastes, wipes out, wracks, wrecksdecimates, mowsdemolishes, razescrushes, overpowers, overruns, overthrows, overwhelms reconditions, recovers, redeems, rehabilitates, restoresfixes, mends, patches, repairs, revamps to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness ofa huge fire that ruined an entire city block annihilates, creams, decimates, demolishes, desolates, destroys, devastates, does in, extinguishes, nukes, pulls down, pulverizes, razes, rubs out, shatters, smashes, tears down, totals, vaporizes, wastes, wracks, wrecks beats, bests, clobbers, conquers, crushes, defeats, drubs, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), routs, scotches, skunks, subdues, surmounts, thrashes, trims, triumphs (over), trounces, wallops, whips, wins (against)blasts, blows up, breaks, cripples, damages, defaces, deteriorates, disfigures, disintegrates, dissolves, dynamites, harms, impairs, injures, mangles, mars, mutilates, spoils, vitiateserodes, scours, sweeps (away), washes out, wears (away)dilapidates, disassembles, dismantles, guts, takes down, unbuilds, undoes, unmakesblots out, effaces, eradicates, expunges, exterminates, extirpates, liquidates, obliterates, removes, roots (out), snuffs (out), stamps (out), wipes outdespoils, havocs, loots, pillages, plunders, ravages, sacks, tramples, trashes, vandalizesassassinates, butchers, cuts down, dispatches, executes, fells, kills, kills off, massacres, mows (down), murders, slaughters, slays, takes out, zaps builds, constructs, erects, puts up, raises, rears, sets up doctors, fixes, mends, patches, reconditions, repairs, revampscreates, inventsassembles, fabricates, fashions, forges, forms, frames, makes, manufactures, molds, produces, shapesbrings about, constitutes, establishes, fathers, founds, institutes, organizesconserves, preserves, protects, savesrebuilds, reconstructs, remodels, renovates, restores |