ruin

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ruin
ˈruːɪn Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
    E.g. a large white house falling into gentle ruin
verb
  • reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
    E.g. the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers
  • fall headlong or with a crash.
    E.g. carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time

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