Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of ruining or the condition of being ruined.
- noun A cause of ruin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of ruinating, or the state of being ruinated; ruin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
ruined , a state ofdevastation ordestruction . - noun The act of ruining or
wrecking . - noun The cause of being ruined,
destroyed orlost . - noun A loss of
reputation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- noun an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- noun failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- noun an event that results in destruction
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Examples
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He said in order to prevent what he called the ruination of the New Jersey economy, he's frozen 375 out 378 programs, needs to bring public-sector spending in line with the private economy.
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He said in order to prevent what he called the ruination of the New Jersey economy, he's frozen 375 out 378 programs, needs to bring public-sector spending in line with the private economy.
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He said in order to prevent what he called the ruination of the New Jersey economy, he's frozen 375 out 378 programs, needs to bring public-sector spending in line with the private economy.
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The use of such icons to signify apocalyptic ruination is nothing new of course.
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(link) slander and ruination is where you make it.
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So many times we hear of the sons and daughters of wealthy, prominent parents going off the deep end, losing their lives in ruination.
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And if any party, Mrs. Doctor, dear, will make it rain before the week is out, and save our kitchen garden from entire ruination, that is the party Susan will vote for.
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And if any party, Mrs. Doctor, dear, will make it rain before the week is out, and save our kitchen garden from entire ruination, that is the party Susan will vote for.
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Actually, the "ruination" such as it is was, as Robert Reich explained, the result of the Clinton administration pushing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to start giving mortgages to people who couldn't afford them.
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Ranny had found out that his bicycle, though it diminished his traveling expenses and kept him fit, was simply "ruination" to his clothes.
The Combined Maze May Sinclair 1904
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