Definition for Ruin:

• Downfall or fallen or wrecked or impaired state, lit. ( of building or structure; the crash of r.; tumble, lie, lay, in r.) or fig. ( the r. of my hopes; bring to r., complete loss of property or position; dates her r. from his arrival; rack& r.); ( often pl.) what remains of building, town, structure, &c., or fig. of person, that has suffered r. ( the rr. of Rome, remains of ancient Rome or of the Roman imperial system; is but the r. of what he was; lies in rr.; is a r.; lives in an old r.); what causes r., destroying agency, havoc, ( will be the r. of us; blue r.; rapine& red r.), so ruination n. ( Vb) reduce( place) to rr. ( esp. in p. p.); bring to r. ( her extravagance ruined him; so r. oneself; r. girl, seduce her; r. one\'s new hat, prospects); ( poet.) fall headlong or with a crash. [ French]

Synonyms for Ruin:

• n.

  •
  • disfigure,
  • mark,
  • stain,
  • take its toll,
  • extinction,
  • demolition.
  •
  • beggar,
  • ascent,
  • vestige,
  • come out,
  • descend,
  • disestablish,
  • acquire,
  • climb,
  • ruins.
  •
  • balcony,
  • ceiling,
  • bay,
  • catacombs,
  • body,
  • brickwork,
  • cornerstone,
  • beading,
  • alcove,
  • addition.
  •
  • the ravages of something.
  •
  • litter.
  •annihilation (noun)
  • decimations.
  •antique (noun)
  • heirloom,
  • objet d'art,
  • rarity,
  • bygone,
  • monument.
  •bane (noun)
  • fatal attraction.
  •bankruptcy (noun)
  • destitutenesses,
  • over draft,
  • in solvency,
  • non payment,
  • over drafts,
  • de fault,
  • over-drafts,
  • non-payments,
  • non payments,
  • de faults,
  • in-solvencies,
  • de-faults,
  • over-draft,
  • in-solvency,
  • de-fault,
  • pauperisms,
  • in solvencies.
  •calamity (noun)
  • dis-tress,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • mis fortunes,
  • re-verse,
  • blue ruins,
  • mis chances,
  • mis adventures,
  • the worsts,
  • mis fortune,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis chance,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-tresses,
  • mis-adventure,
  • re verse,
  • mis-chance,
  • mis-adventures,
  • dis tress,
  • holy messes,
  • mis-chances,
  • unholy messes.
  •cataclysm (noun)
  • flood,
  • double trouble,
  • torrents.
  •collision (noun)
  • head-ons,
  • headons,
  • head ons,
  • demolishments,
  • headon.
  •comedown (noun)
  • de motion,
  • de-motions,
  • de-scents,
  • de scent,
  • anti-climaxes,
  • de motions,
  • dis appointment,
  • de-scent,
  • dis-appointment,
  • anti climax,
  • dis-appointments,
  • anti-climax,
  • de scents,
  • dis appointments,
  • de-motion,
  • anti climaxes.
  •consumption (noun)
  • de creases,
  • de-creases,
  • de crease,
  • using ups,
  • de-crease,
  • wear tear,
  • consumings,
  • drinkings.
  •damage (noun)
  • mutilation,
  • cave-in,
  • cave-ins,
  • mutilations,
  • pollution,
  • cave in.
  •death (noun)
  • finis,
  • finises,
  • after life,
  • eternal rest,
  • necrosis.
  •debacle (noun)
  • de feasances,
  • de-feasances,
  • de feasance,
  • re-versal,
  • de-feasance,
  • shellackings,
  • crack ups,
  • re versal.
  •decay (noun)
  • de generation,
  • de-cadences,
  • de cays,
  • dis integrations,
  • dis-integrations,
  • perishings,
  • de-generation,
  • de compositions,
  • rottings,
  • spoilations,
  • dis-integration,
  • de-cays,
  • de cadence,
  • wastings,
  • de-cay,
  • de-cadence,
  • de cay,
  • de cadences,
  • fadings,
  • dis repair,
  • de-composition,
  • dis-repairs,
  • de-compositions,
  • dis integration,
  • wasting aways,
  • dis-repair,
  • de-generations,
  • dis repairs,
  • de generations,
  • crumblings,
  • de composition.
  •defeat (noun)
  • Whaling,
  • subjugation,
  • lacings,
  • non-success,
  • thrashing,
  • Vanquishment,
  • Downthrow,
  • subjugations,
  • waxings,
  • nonsuccess,
  • Insuccess,
  • kos.
  •demise (noun)
  • de-mises,
  • number up,
  • number ups,
  • last outs,
  • last roundups,
  • lights outs,
  • de mise,
  • numbers up,
  • final thrills,
  • number's ups,
  • numbers ups,
  • de-mise,
  • de mises.
  •desolation (noun)
  • bleakness,
  • wildness,
  • forlornness.
  •destruction (noun)
  • crashings,
  • crushings,
  • devastation,
  • slayings,
  • vandalism,
  • sackings,
  • ruination.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • lessening,
  • degringolade,
  • vitiation.
  •devastation (noun)
  • de predation,
  • de foliations,
  • de-predations,
  • de-foliation,
  • de-foliations,
  • de-predation,
  • de foliation,
  • de predations,
  • defoliations.
  •dilapidation (noun)
  • dilapidation.
  •disaster (noun)
  • fell strokes,
  • ill lucks,
  • act god,
  • hard lucks.
  •discomfiture (noun)
  • disconcertion,
  • disconcertment.
  •dissolution (noun)
  • defunctions,
  • de functions,
  • liquefactions,
  • de-function,
  • dis continuations,
  • dis-missals,
  • dis-missal,
  • dis continuation,
  • dis appearances,
  • de-functions,
  • dis-appearances,
  • re-solution,
  • dis-continuation,
  • dis missal,
  • dis-solutions,
  • re-solutions,
  • meltings,
  • dis-appearance,
  • dis-solution,
  • dis solutions,
  • de function,
  • dis solution,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis missals,
  • dis appearance,
  • re solutions.
  •doom (noun)
  • fore ordinations,
  • lap god,
  • de-crees,
  • pre destinations,
  • pre-destinations,
  • way ball bounce,
  • lap the god,
  • fore ordination,
  • way ball bounces,
  • way cookie crumble,
  • pre-destination,
  • lap of god,
  • de cree,
  • way the cookie crumble,
  • lap gods,
  • handwriting wall,
  • de-cree,
  • de crees,
  • predeterminations,
  • pre determination,
  • lap of gods,
  • pre-determinations,
  • lap of the god,
  • pre destination,
  • way the ball bounce,
  • pre-determination,
  • lap the gods,
  • pre determinations,
  • fore-ordinations,
  • foreordinations,
  • fixed futures.
  •downfall (noun)
  • downfall.
  •evil (noun)
  • sinfulness,
  • diabolism,
  • Knaveries,
  • Peccancy,
  • infamy,
  • obscenity,
  • knavery,
  • diabolisms,
  • criminalities,
  • vileness,
  • looseness,
  • criminality.
  •fall (noun)
  • sur renders,
  • sur-renders,
  • sur-render.
  •fiasco (noun)
  • mis carriage,
  • mis carriages,
  • botched situations,
  • mis-carriages,
  • dumb tricks,
  • mis-carriage,
  • dumb thing do.
  •finish (noun)
  • end the road,
  • winding-ups,
  • windingups,
  • wind ups,
  • end the line,
  • last stages,
  • wrap ups,
  • windingup,
  • wrapup,
  • desistances,
  • wrapups,
  • end road,
  • wind-ups,
  • wrap-ups,
  • winding ups,
  • end of road.
  •harm (noun)
  • deleteriousnesses,
  • perniciousnesses,
  • banefulnesses,
  • noxiousnesses.
  •hell (noun)
  • perdition.
  •hurt (noun)
  • dis-advantage,
  • black and blues,
  • ill treatment,
  • ill-treatments,
  • black blue,
  • dis advantages,
  • black blues,
  • illtreatment,
  • illtreatments,
  • dis-advantages,
  • dis advantage,
  • black and blue.
  •outrage (noun)
  • mis doings,
  • out-rages,
  • ravishings,
  • out rage,
  • out rages,
  • out-rage,
  • in humanities,
  • in-humanity,
  • mis-doings,
  • in-humanities,
  • mis-doing,
  • mis doing,
  • in humanity.
  •perdition (noun)
  • underworld,
  • infernal regions,
  • purgatory,
  • lower world,
  • everlasting fire,
  • place of torment,
  • infernal region,
  • loss of the soul.
  •putrefaction (noun)
  • rottennesses.
  •rack and ruin (noun)
  • rack ruin,
  • rack-ruin,
  • complete distructions.
  •rout (noun)
  • re treats,
  • re-treats,
  • hidings,
  • clobberings,
  • re-treat.
  •ruin (noun)
  • crash,
  • destitution,
  • bath,
  • apocalypse,
  • Crumbling,
  • atrophy,
  • ruining,
  • breakdown,
  • skids,
  • landslide,
  • confusion,
  • nemesis,
  • degeneracy,
  • disintegration,
  • degeneration,
  • waterloo,
  • subversion,
  • insolvency,
  • the end,
  • downgrade,
  • wrecking,
  • wreckage,
  • break up,
  • failure,
  • collapse.
  •ruins (noun)
  • Ashes,
  • vestiges,
  • traces,
  • relics,
  • remnants,
  • foundation.
  •smash (noun)
  • smash ups,
  • pile-ups,
  • pile ups,
  • smash-ups.
  •undoing (noun)
  • bad omen,
  • un doings,
  • mis steps,
  • de stroyer,
  • mis-calculation,
  • mis calculation,
  • de-stroyers,
  • bad omens,
  • mis-calculations,
  • un-doings,
  • un-doing,
  • de-stroyer,
  • de stroyers,
  • un doing.
  •unjustness (noun)
  • un justnesses,
  • un-justnesses,
  • un justness,
  • un-justness.
  •vandalism (noun)
  • de-facings,
  • smashings,
  • grafittis,
  • de facings,
  • defacings.
  •violation (noun)
  • mis treatments,
  • mis-treatments,
  • ravishments,
  • mis treatment,
  • mis-treatment.
  •waste (noun)
  • Unthriftiness,
  • wastages,
  • wastage,
  • lost opportunity.
  •wreck (noun)
  • de-relict,
  • de brises,
  • rear enders,
  • rear-enders,
  • de relict,
  • de-brises,
  • de relicts,
  • rearender,
  • rearenders,
  • de-relicts,
  • de-bris,
  • de bris.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • mistreat,
  • victimize,
  • taint,
  • rough up,
  • beat up,
  • oppress,
  • deprave,
  • wax,
  • violate,
  • impair,
  • misuse,
  • shake up,
  • hose,
  • persecute,
  • cut up.
  •annihilate (verb)
  • annul,
  • negate,
  • nullify,
  • exterminate,
  • extinguish,
  • invalidate,
  • abate,
  • vitiate,
  • eradicate,
  • slaughter,
  • murder,
  • abrogate,
  • abolish.
  •assault (verb)
  • beset,
  • jump,
  • invade,
  • go for,
  • storm,
  • bushwhack,
  • advance,
  • slam,
  • lay into,
  • bash,
  • blitz,
  • strike,
  • assail,
  • charge,
  • come down on.
  •baffle (verb)
  • check,
  • block,
  • prevent,
  • foil,
  • impede,
  • obstruct,
  • beat,
  • disappoint,
  • upset.
  •balk (verb)
  • counteract,
  • disconcert,
  • bar,
  • hinder,
  • cramp,
  • stop,
  • baffle,
  • forestall.
  •ball up (verb)
  • dis ordering,
  • dis-order,
  • dis order,
  • dis-ordered,
  • making unclear,
  • dis-ordering,
  • dis orders,
  • made unclear,
  • makes unclear,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis ordered.
  •batter (verb)
  • dis figures,
  • dis-figure,
  • dis figured,
  • dis-figures,
  • dis figuring,
  • dis-figuring,
  • dis figure,
  • dis-figured.
  •bilk (verb)
  • over reaches,
  • de fraud,
  • over-reach,
  • over-reaches,
  • de frauds,
  • over reached,
  • de-fraud,
  • over-reaching,
  • over-reached,
  • over reaching,
  • de-frauds,
  • over reach.
  •botch (verb)
  • bollixes,
  • miscomputing,
  • mis manage,
  • mis-computed,
  • mucking up,
  • mis computes,
  • goofs up,
  • mis conjecturing,
  • pull boner,
  • mis managing,
  • mis-conjecture,
  • mis judging,
  • mis-judged,
  • mis-construing,
  • mis conjecture,
  • mis-conjectures,
  • mis applies,
  • mis-apply,
  • mis-conjectured,
  • mis conjectured,
  • mis calculate,
  • mis conjectures,
  • mis-construes,
  • mis-managing,
  • mis-applying,
  • mis-judges,
  • mis applying,
  • mis-conjecturing,
  • mis-calculated,
  • miscomputed,
  • pulls a boner,
  • mis-computes,
  • mis construed,
  • dis torts,
  • mucks up,
  • mis calculates,
  • goofed up,
  • mis manages,
  • mis managed,
  • misconjectures,
  • mis compute,
  • mis-manages,
  • mis-judging,
  • mis computed,
  • mis-computing,
  • pulling a boner,
  • mis-applies,
  • mis construes,
  • mis-manage,
  • mis-construed,
  • mis-calculate,
  • mis construe,
  • mis construing,
  • dis-tort,
  • mis judged,
  • mis-managed,
  • miscomputes,
  • misconjectured,
  • dis-torts,
  • mis-compute,
  • mis-construe,
  • mis computing,
  • mis-calculates,
  • mis-applied,
  • mis judges,
  • pulls boner,
  • misconjecturing,
  • goofing up,
  • pulled a boner,
  • mis calculated,
  • flubbing,
  • pulled boner,
  • mis-calculating,
  • mis applied,
  • dis tort,
  • mis calculating,
  • pulling boner,
  • mis apply.
  •break (verb)
  • de moralize,
  • dis-confirming,
  • co wing,
  • re-butted,
  • de-classed,
  • dis confirmed,
  • dis confirming,
  • de-grading,
  • de merited,
  • dis confirm,
  • de-grades,
  • dis-prove,
  • de-moralizes,
  • sub dues,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis prove,
  • in capacitates,
  • de-grade,
  • in capacitated,
  • de-mote,
  • dis-proving,
  • co-wed,
  • in-capacitate,
  • de grades,
  • de moralized,
  • re butting,
  • de grade,
  • sub due,
  • disconfirms,
  • de classes,
  • de class,
  • de mote,
  • de grading,
  • de classing,
  • de graded,
  • de merits,
  • co-wing,
  • sub-dues,
  • de-merited,
  • de-graded,
  • in capacitating,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • dis proved,
  • de-moting,
  • de moralizes,
  • de-meriting,
  • de-merits,
  • dis proving,
  • de-classes,
  • de-moralize,
  • de moting,
  • dis-proved,
  • dis-confirms,
  • de merit,
  • re-butting,
  • de motes,
  • sub-due,
  • in-capacitating,
  • in-capacitates,
  • de-merit,
  • de-classing,
  • dis proves,
  • re butted,
  • de classed,
  • de-moralized,
  • de-motes,
  • co wed,
  • dis confirms,
  • de-class,
  • declasses,
  • Declassing,
  • de moralizing,
  • dis-confirm,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de meriting,
  • in capacitate,
  • in-capacitated.
  •bungle (verb)
  • dropped ball,
  • makes mess of,
  • made a mess of,
  • dropping ball,
  • made mess of,
  • dropt the ball,
  • dropt ball,
  • drop ball,
  • make mess of,
  • making mess of,
  • making a mess of,
  • drops the ball,
  • drops ball,
  • makes a mess of.
  •canker (verb)
  • de basing,
  • de-based,
  • de based,
  • sored,
  • de-base,
  • soring,
  • de base,
  • de-basing.
  •cheapen (verb)
  • de-cline,
  • de clines,
  • under-valuing,
  • de valuing,
  • under value,
  • loses value,
  • de cry,
  • de meaning,
  • de-cries,
  • under values,
  • de value,
  • de cries,
  • de-cried,
  • de-clines,
  • de means,
  • de-cry,
  • de values,
  • under-value,
  • de cline,
  • de-valuing,
  • de-value,
  • renders worthless,
  • de-means,
  • de-crying,
  • under valuing,
  • de cried,
  • de-values,
  • losing value,
  • beats down,
  • de valued,
  • rendered worthless,
  • rendering worthless,
  • under valued,
  • be-littles,
  • under-valued,
  • de-mean,
  • de-valued,
  • be littles,
  • de-meaning,
  • lost value,
  • under-values,
  • be-little,
  • de mean,
  • de crying,
  • beating down.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • de toured,
  • be-guiles,
  • de tours,
  • steers clear of,
  • out flanks,
  • be-guile,
  • de touring,
  • out witted,
  • out-flanked,
  • by passes,
  • be guiles,
  • gotten around,
  • got around,
  • out flank,
  • by pass,
  • steered clear of,
  • out-witting,
  • de-tours,
  • gat around,
  • by passed,
  • out wits,
  • out flanking,
  • de-touring,
  • out-flanks,
  • de-toured,
  • be guile,
  • gets around,
  • out-wits,
  • out-flanking,
  • de tour,
  • by passing,
  • out-flank,
  • out-witted,
  • out witting,
  • de-tour,
  • out flanked,
  • out-wit.
  •compromise (verb)
  • ex pose,
  • dis-honors,
  • ex-posing,
  • ex-pose,
  • end-angered,
  • dis honoring,
  • end-angering,
  • dis honored,
  • end angering,
  • end angers,
  • putting under suspicion,
  • end angered,
  • dis-honor,
  • dis-honoring,
  • puts under suspicion,
  • dis-honored,
  • dis honors,
  • ex posed,
  • end-angers,
  • dis honor,
  • end-anger,
  • end anger,
  • ex-posed.
  •consume (verb)
  • ex-pend,
  • over whelmed,
  • over whelms,
  • ex-pending,
  • ex pends,
  • ex-pended,
  • over-whelm,
  • over whelming,
  • over-whelming,
  • ex pend,
  • over-whelms,
  • ex pending,
  • ex-pends,
  • over-whelmed,
  • over whelm,
  • ex pended.
  •cook (verb)
  • co-oking,
  • co oked,
  • pressure-cooked,
  • co oking,
  • escallops,
  • pressure cooked,
  • pressure cook,
  • escalloping,
  • deep fries,
  • co-oked,
  • micro-waved,
  • pressurecooking,
  • micro-waves,
  • micro wave,
  • pressure cooks,
  • pressurecooks,
  • pressure-cooks,
  • micro-wave,
  • pressure cooking,
  • micro waving,
  • Escalloped,
  • micro waves,
  • micro-waving,
  • micro waved,
  • deep fried,
  • pressurecook.
  •corrupt (verb)
  • de spoils,
  • de-composes,
  • de spoil,
  • dis graces,
  • dis-graces,
  • greasing palm,
  • de-spoils,
  • de spoiling,
  • out raged,
  • out raging,
  • dis-graced,
  • de-spoil,
  • de composed,
  • out-raging,
  • de-composing,
  • de-composed,
  • de composing,
  • de composes,
  • greases palm,
  • dis gracing,
  • de-spoiled,
  • greased palm,
  • de-spoiling,
  • dis graced,
  • out-raged,
  • dis-gracing,
  • dis grace,
  • dis-grace,
  • de-compose,
  • de compose,
  • de spoiled.
  •counter (verb)
  • counterworked,
  • has bone pick,
  • re turns,
  • having bone to pick,
  • hast bone to pick,
  • thumbsed down,
  • hath bone pick,
  • had bone pick,
  • fly the face of,
  • re-turning,
  • Counter-work,
  • hits back,
  • flying in the face of,
  • counterworks,
  • flew the face of,
  • flying in face of,
  • Re-turn,
  • flies face of,
  • flying face of,
  • haddest bone to pick,
  • flew in the face of,
  • counter-worked,
  • counter worked,
  • re-turns,
  • fly face of,
  • counter-works,
  • flew in face of,
  • counter works,
  • hitting back,
  • flying the face of,
  • has bone to pick,
  • counter-working,
  • hath bone to pick,
  • hast bone pick,
  • re-turned,
  • have bone pick,
  • backtalking,
  • counter work,
  • re turn,
  • haddest bone pick,
  • had bone to pick,
  • re turning,
  • counter working,
  • backtalked,
  • flies the face of,
  • flies in face of,
  • thumbses down,
  • hadst bone pick,
  • plays off,
  • flies in the face of,
  • hadst bone to pick,
  • having bone pick,
  • thumbsing down,
  • flew face of,
  • playing off.
  •cripple (verb)
  • brought to standstill,
  • bringing standstill,
  • puts out action,
  • puts out of action,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • brought standstill,
  • brings standstill,
  • putting out action,
  • putting out of action,
  • put out action,
  • brings to standstill,
  • bring standstill.
  •crush (verb)
  • forcing down,
  • blows away,
  • quelched,
  • forced down,
  • over coming,
  • over-powered,
  • over-power,
  • over comes,
  • over come,
  • forces down,
  • over-come,
  • sub jugate,
  • over-comes,
  • over power,
  • over-powers,
  • sub-jugate,
  • quelches,
  • over-came,
  • over-powering,
  • over powers,
  • blowing away,
  • over powering,
  • over-coming,
  • over powered,
  • over came,
  • quelching.
  •damage (verb)
  • ransack,
  • waste,
  • Depredate,
  • despoil,
  • rend.
  •dash (verb)
  • dis may,
  • dis-comforted,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis maying,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis-may,
  • dis-comforting,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis comforting,
  • dis mays,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis comforted.
  •debauch (verb)
  • be trays,
  • live gutter,
  • went to hell,
  • living in the gutter,
  • be tray,
  • lives the gutter,
  • lived gutter,
  • be-trays,
  • lives gutter,
  • going to hell,
  • living the gutter,
  • goes to hell,
  • going hell,
  • go hell,
  • living gutter,
  • lives in the gutter,
  • be-tray,
  • went hell,
  • lived in gutter,
  • living in gutter,
  • lived the gutter,
  • live in gutter,
  • lives in gutter,
  • live the gutter,
  • goes hell,
  • leads astray,
  • lived in the gutter,
  • going bad,
  • went bad.
  •deface (verb)
  • de faces,
  • de-face,
  • de faced,
  • de-faces,
  • de facing,
  • de-facing,
  • de face,
  • de-faced.
  •defeat (verb)
  • beats system,
  • sur-mounts,
  • sur-mounting,
  • sur mounting,
  • beats the system,
  • sur mounted,
  • caused setback,
  • casts down,
  • over-turning,
  • dis-comfit,
  • puts end to,
  • causes setback,
  • nosing out,
  • dis comfits,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • dis-comfits,
  • over-turns,
  • sur mounts,
  • causing setback,
  • beating system,
  • noses out,
  • throwing for loop,
  • putting end to,
  • over turns,
  • take wind out sails,
  • counter plotting,
  • beat system,
  • sur-mount,
  • beating the system,
  • over turning,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • dis comfit,
  • over-turn,
  • sur-mounted,
  • counter plotted,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • counter plot,
  • threw for loop,
  • took wind out sails,
  • throws for loop,
  • counter-plotting,
  • sur mount,
  • counterplots,
  • nosed out,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • counter-plots,
  • counter-plotted,
  • counter plots.
  •deflower (verb)
  • de predate,
  • de-flowering,
  • de-flower,
  • de-predated,
  • de predated,
  • deflorates,
  • de-predate,
  • de-flowers,
  • de predates,
  • de-predating,
  • de flowered,
  • de-flowered,
  • deflorating,
  • de flower,
  • deflorated,
  • de-predates,
  • de flowers,
  • de flowering,
  • de predating.
  •deform (verb)
  • de forming,
  • de-forms,
  • de forms,
  • malforms,
  • de-formed,
  • de-forming,
  • malforming,
  • de-form,
  • de formed,
  • DE Form.
  •demolish (verb)
  • puts in toilet,
  • wiped map,
  • wipe map,
  • takes apart,
  • wipes off map,
  • putting in toilet,
  • gobbles up,
  • wipes map,
  • wiped off map,
  • put toilet,
  • puts toilet,
  • wiping map,
  • gobbling up,
  • putting toilet,
  • wiping off map.
  •desolate (verb)
  • lays low,
  • de-solating,
  • de-populate,
  • de solated,
  • de solates,
  • de-populating,
  • de populated,
  • laying low,
  • de-solates,
  • de-solate,
  • de solating,
  • de populates,
  • de-populates,
  • de populating,
  • de-solated,
  • de-populated,
  • de populate,
  • de solate.
  •destroy (verb)
  • de stroy,
  • dis-patched,
  • dis patch,
  • dis-patching,
  • brake down,
  • de-stroying,
  • de-stroy,
  • swallowed up,
  • de-stroys,
  • de stroys,
  • de-stroyed,
  • broke down,
  • de stroyed,
  • dis patched,
  • dis-patches,
  • dis patching,
  • dis patches,
  • breaks down,
  • de stroying,
  • dis-patch,
  • swallows up.
  •devastate (verb)
  • does one in,
  • doeth one in,
  • didst one in,
  • dost one in,
  • doest one in,
  • doth one in,
  • did one in,
  • doing one in.
  •disable (verb)
  • dis-qualified,
  • dis qualifying,
  • dis-enabled,
  • dis arms,
  • dis enable,
  • dis-arms,
  • un-strengthen,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • dis-enables,
  • dis qualify,
  • unstrengthening,
  • disenabling,
  • un-strengthened,
  • renders incapable,
  • disenables,
  • kiboshed,
  • un-braces,
  • un fit,
  • un strengthened,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • un strengthen,
  • dis qualified,
  • dis-enable,
  • un brace,
  • rendering incapable,
  • un-fits,
  • un-bracing,
  • dis-enabling,
  • dis enables,
  • unstrengthens,
  • dis enabled,
  • dis armed,
  • un strengthening,
  • unbracing,
  • dis arming,
  • un fits,
  • un strengthens,
  • un-strengthening,
  • kiboshing,
  • un fitting,
  • un-strengthens,
  • un braced,
  • dis-armed,
  • un bracing,
  • un fitted,
  • un-braced,
  • un-fitting,
  • un-brace,
  • un braces,
  • un-fitted,
  • dis-arming,
  • dis-qualify,
  • unbraces,
  • rendered incapable,
  • un-fit,
  • disenabled,
  • dis qualifies,
  • dis enabling.
  •discredit (verb)
  • de-famed,
  • frowned up on,
  • frowns up on,
  • dis-esteeming,
  • dis-consider,
  • brought in to disrepute,
  • bring naught,
  • knocked bottom out of,
  • dis-favors,
  • frowns upon,
  • dis-esteemed,
  • taking rug out from under,
  • dis esteems,
  • knocks bottom out of,
  • dis-considering,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis favored,
  • de-faming,
  • mudslings,
  • frowning up on,
  • brought naught,
  • reflecting on,
  • dis credit,
  • reflects on,
  • de faming,
  • dis esteem,
  • dis consider,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis considers,
  • brings naught,
  • dis-favor,
  • bringing to naught,
  • dis credited,
  • brought to naught,
  • disconsidering,
  • poke full holes,
  • disconsidered,
  • dis considering,
  • de-fame,
  • dis-esteem,
  • dis-credit,
  • disconsiders,
  • bringing in to disrepute,
  • poking full of holes,
  • frowned upon,
  • de fame,
  • mudslinged,
  • dis favoring,
  • poked full holes,
  • poking full holes,
  • de famed,
  • brings into disrepute,
  • poohpooh,
  • dis esteemed,
  • dis favors,
  • dis considered,
  • dis credits,
  • dis-favored,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis-favoring,
  • bringing into disrepute,
  • pokes full of holes,
  • bring in to disrepute,
  • frowning upon,
  • pokes full holes,
  • knocking bottom out of,
  • dis-credits,
  • frown up on,
  • de fames,
  • poked full of holes,
  • dis-considers,
  • dis favor,
  • takes rug out from under,
  • dis esteeming,
  • dis-considered,
  • brings in to disrepute,
  • de-fames,
  • brings to naught,
  • took rug out from under,
  • bringing naught,
  • brought into disrepute,
  • dis crediting.
  •dismantle (verb)
  • dis mantling,
  • denudates,
  • takes pieces,
  • dis mount,
  • dis-assemble,
  • dis mantled,
  • dis assembling,
  • un-rig,
  • de nude,
  • dis-mantled,
  • taking pieces,
  • dis robed,
  • dis-mantles,
  • dis-robing,
  • dis robing,
  • un-rigged,
  • de-nude,
  • un rig,
  • dis members,
  • parting out,
  • dis-mounting,
  • take pieces,
  • dis assembles,
  • dis assembled,
  • dis mantle,
  • parted out,
  • dis-robes,
  • dis mounts,
  • dis-mount,
  • dis-mounts,
  • dis-assembling,
  • dis-member,
  • dis mantles,
  • dis mounting,
  • dis-robe,
  • dis-mantle,
  • dis-assembled,
  • dis-members,
  • dis mounted,
  • dis assemble,
  • took pieces,
  • unrigs,
  • dis membered,
  • dis-mounted,
  • took to pieces,
  • un rigs,
  • de-nudes,
  • parts out,
  • un-rigging,
  • dis robes,
  • un rigged,
  • dis-mantling,
  • denudating,
  • dis-membered,
  • taking to pieces,
  • dis robe,
  • un rigging,
  • dis member,
  • dis-robed,
  • unrigging,
  • de nudes,
  • takes to pieces,
  • un-rigs,
  • dis-assembles.
  •dissolve (verb)
  • dis missed,
  • un made,
  • dis missing,
  • dis organizes,
  • resolving into,
  • dis-unites,
  • resolving in to,
  • post pones,
  • dis-charge,
  • dis-uniting,
  • resolves into,
  • post-pone,
  • re-pealing,
  • un making,
  • dis uniting,
  • post pone,
  • dis solving,
  • dis unites,
  • dis charge,
  • dis-solving,
  • re peal,
  • renders void,
  • re pealing,
  • dis-united,
  • dis-solved,
  • dis-organizing,
  • resolved in to,
  • re peals,
  • dis-charged,
  • un makes,
  • post-pones,
  • dis charging,
  • un-makes,
  • un-making,
  • resolves in to,
  • dis charged,
  • dis-missed,
  • dis solve,
  • re pealed,
  • dis organized,
  • dis solved,
  • un make,
  • dis-solve,
  • re-pealed,
  • dis-unite,
  • dis-organized,
  • un-made,
  • re-peals,
  • dis-solves,
  • putting an end to,
  • dis-charging,
  • dis organize,
  • dis charges,
  • resolved into,
  • dis unite,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis solves,
  • rendered void,
  • dis organizing,
  • dis-charges,
  • dis-organize,
  • resolve in to,
  • un-make,
  • dis-missing,
  • rendering void,
  • dis united,
  • puts an end to.
  •end (verb)
  • de part,
  • puts death,
  • de-parts,
  • de parting,
  • ex pire,
  • de-parting,
  • de-parted,
  • de parted,
  • ex-pire,
  • putting death,
  • puts to death,
  • de-part,
  • de parts,
  • put death.
  •enfeeble (verb)
  • undermine.
  •finish (verb)
  • be-sting,
  • carrying off,
  • be sting,
  • carries off.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • dashing one's hope,
  • dash ones hope,
  • dash one hope,
  • dashed one's hope,
  • hanging up,
  • dashing one hope,
  • upset applecart,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • dis courage,
  • de-pressed,
  • dis-courage,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • dis hearten,
  • de pressing,
  • dashed one hope,
  • de-presses,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • de-press,
  • dis-courages,
  • dashes one hope,
  • hanged up,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis-hearten,
  • dashes hope,
  • dashing hope,
  • giving run around,
  • dis-heartened,
  • de pressed,
  • dis heartens,
  • gave the run around,
  • de press,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dis heartening,
  • rendered null and void,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • rendered null void,
  • render null void,
  • rendering null void,
  • gives run around,
  • hangs up,
  • gives the run around,
  • dis-heartens,
  • dis courages,
  • renders null and void,
  • gave run around,
  • de presses,
  • dis heartened,
  • giving the run around,
  • renders null void,
  • dash hope,
  • rendering null and void.
  •harm (verb)
  • didst violence to,
  • doeth violence to,
  • does violence to,
  • zinged,
  • did violence to,
  • dis-commode,
  • doest violence to,
  • dis-serving,
  • in commodes,
  • dis serves,
  • in-commodes,
  • dis commodes,
  • doth violence to,
  • in commode,
  • doing violence to,
  • dis-serves,
  • dumps on,
  • in conveniences,
  • in-conveniences,
  • dis serving,
  • dis serve,
  • dis-serve,
  • dumping on,
  • dis commode,
  • in-commode,
  • dis-served,
  • dost violence to,
  • in-convenience,
  • dis served,
  • dis-commodes.
  •harrow (verb)
  • havocked,
  • havocking.
  •overthrow (verb)
  • de throning,
  • de-posed,
  • over throwing,
  • de-throning,
  • over throws,
  • over-threw,
  • up ended,
  • brings ruin,
  • up ending,
  • over thrown,
  • un-seat,
  • over runs,
  • de pose,
  • un-seating,
  • un seat,
  • de-thrones,
  • de-posing,
  • un-seated,
  • de throned,
  • un-seats,
  • de posing,
  • up-ended,
  • over-throw,
  • de thrones,
  • brought ruin,
  • de-throned,
  • over threw,
  • de throne,
  • over throw,
  • over-throws,
  • up-ends,
  • un seated,
  • de-throne,
  • over running,
  • up ends,
  • un seats,
  • de-pose,
  • bringing to ruin,
  • de posed,
  • over-thrown,
  • up-ending,
  • top pled,
  • over-throwing,
  • bring ruin,
  • brings to ruin,
  • un seating.
  •pervert (verb)
  • mis stated,
  • mis represent,
  • mis states,
  • mis-representing,
  • mis represents,
  • phonies up,
  • mis-represents,
  • doctors up,
  • doctoring up,
  • co loring,
  • mis-stating,
  • mis-represent,
  • mis interpreting,
  • mis-state,
  • phonied up,
  • mis-states,
  • mis-represented,
  • doctored up,
  • mis-stated,
  • mis-interpreted,
  • mis-interprets,
  • mis interpreted,
  • co-loring,
  • mis representing,
  • mis state,
  • phonying up,
  • mis represented,
  • mis interprets.
  •prostrate (verb)
  • overtires,
  • overtiring,
  • over-tire,
  • brings low,
  • over-tired,
  • over tiring,
  • over tires,
  • bringing low,
  • over-tires,
  • tuckers out,
  • tuckering out,
  • over tired,
  • over tire,
  • over-tiring.
  •pull down (verb)
  • re moved,
  • re-move,
  • re-moves,
  • re-moving,
  • re moving,
  • re move.
  •ravage (verb)
  • leaved ruins,
  • leaves ruins,
  • leave ruins,
  • leaving in ruins,
  • sweeps away,
  • leaving ruins,
  • leaves in ruins,
  • left ruins,
  • sweeping away,
  • left in ruins,
  • leaved in ruins.
  •raze (verb)
  • unbuilds,
  • un-builds,
  • throws down,
  • tare up,
  • tears up,
  • un builds,
  • blowing down,
  • un-built,
  • un-building,
  • un built,
  • threw down,
  • blows down,
  • un building,
  • scratched out,
  • un-build,
  • un build,
  • blew down,
  • scratches out.
  •reduce (verb)
  • goes on a diet,
  • re bate,
  • re duce,
  • nutshelling,
  • dis counting,
  • dis counted,
  • takes weight,
  • losing weight,
  • winded down,
  • re-bating,
  • scales down,
  • going diet,
  • rolled back,
  • rolls back,
  • re-ceded,
  • re duces,
  • re-duces,
  • slows down,
  • goes on diet,
  • re bates,
  • winds down,
  • go a diet,
  • nutshelled,
  • re-cedes,
  • re-bates,
  • went diet,
  • took off weight,
  • re cedes,
  • take weight,
  • bants,
  • went on diet,
  • dis-counting,
  • takes off weight,
  • going on a diet,
  • going a diet,
  • rolling back,
  • went on a diet,
  • goes diet,
  • going on diet,
  • re-bate,
  • re bated,
  • go diet,
  • re-ceding,
  • banted,
  • re-duce,
  • dis-counted,
  • taking off weight,
  • re-bated,
  • wound down,
  • re bating,
  • dis counts,
  • re ceding,
  • took weight,
  • goes a diet,
  • re-cede,
  • go on diet,
  • lost weight,
  • dis-counts,
  • slowing down,
  • went a diet,
  • taking weight.
  •ruin (verb)
  • decimate,
  • fleece,
  • drain,
  • desecrate,
  • ravish,
  • deplete,
  • bring down,
  • overturn,
  • maim,
  • clean out,
  • defile,
  • use up,
  • bust,
  • deplore,
  • spoilate.
  •sap (verb)
  • de vitalizes,
  • de-vitalize,
  • de vitalized,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • de vitalizing,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • de vitalize,
  • de-vitalized.
  •shatter (verb)
  • breaking a heart,
  • brake a heart,
  • splinterizes,
  • brake heart,
  • broke a heart,
  • smashing smithereens,
  • smashes to smithereens,
  • breaks heart,
  • breaks a heart,
  • break heart,
  • smashed smithereens,
  • wracking up,
  • smashed to smithereens,
  • broke heart,
  • splinterized,
  • wracks up,
  • splinterizing,
  • smash smithereens,
  • smashing to smithereens,
  • fragmentalizing,
  • smatters,
  • fragmentalizes,
  • smashes smithereens,
  • fragmentalized,
  • breaking heart,
  • wracked up.
  •smash (verb)
  • lays ruins,
  • laid ruins,
  • puts out commission,
  • puts out of commission,
  • lay ruins,
  • lays in ruins,
  • laying in ruins,
  • putting out commission,
  • putting out of commission,
  • put out commission,
  • laying ruins,
  • laid in ruins.
  •subvert (verb)
  • re versing,
  • re-versed.
  •tear down (verb)
  • wipes off the map,
  • wipes the map,
  • wipe the map,
  • wiping the map,
  • wiped the map,
  • wiping off the map,
  • wiped off the map.
  •thwart (verb)
  • giving the slip,
  • re straining,
  • took wind out of,
  • upsets one apple cart,
  • re-strained,
  • snafuing,
  • giving slip,
  • give slip,
  • re-strains,
  • re strained,
  • takes wind out of,
  • gives the slip,
  • re-straining,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • re-strain,
  • gives slip,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • re strain,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • gave the slip,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • taking wind out of,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • re strains,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • gave slip,
  • upsets one's apple cart.
  •undermine (verb)
  • clipping ones wings,
  • clips one wings,
  • digs out,
  • ate away,
  • clipped ones wings,
  • clipped wings,
  • hollows out,
  • digging out,
  • clips one's wings,
  • under-cuts,
  • whittling away,
  • clips ones wings,
  • knocks the bottom out of,
  • clipping one wings,
  • clipping one's wings,
  • under mining,
  • hollowing out,
  • ex cavate,
  • dug out,
  • clipped one wings,
  • whittled away,
  • knocking the bottom out of,
  • clipped one's wings,
  • under mined,
  • whittles away,
  • under cut,
  • digged out,
  • under cutting,
  • clip one wings,
  • knocked the bottom out of,
  • hollowed out,
  • under-cut,
  • under-cutting,
  • under-mined,
  • ex-cavate,
  • clips wings,
  • under cuts,
  • clipping wings,
  • under-mining,
  • clip ones wings.
  •undo (verb)
  • out foxed,
  • out-smarted,
  • out-maneuvers,
  • making waves,
  • out fox,
  • out smarting,
  • out-smart,
  • out-maneuver,
  • un-done,
  • out smart,
  • out-foxed,
  • out foxing,
  • un does,
  • un-does,
  • out-smarts,
  • out-foxing,
  • un-did,
  • out maneuvers,
  • out-maneuvering,
  • out smarted,
  • out maneuvered,
  • out-fox,
  • un done,
  • out foxes,
  • out-smarting,
  • out-foxes,
  • un did,
  • out-maneuvered,
  • out maneuvering,
  • out smarts.
  •unhorse (verb)
  • un-horse,
  • un-horses,
  • un horsing,
  • un horse,
  • un-horsed,
  • un horses,
  • un horsed,
  • un-horsing.
  •vandalize (verb)
  • spray painted,
  • spray paints.
  •wreak havoc (verb)
  • creates chaos,
  • played mischief with,
  • playing mischief with,
  • plays mischief with,
  • creating chaos,
  • created chaos.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • detritus,
  • carrion,
  • disrepair,
  • shavings,
  • rip apart,
  • carcass,
  • devour,
  • pummel,
  • scrapheap,
  • depredation,
  • butcher,
  • obliterate,
  • dust bunny,
  • oddments,
  • chew up,
  • Offcut,
  • wrecker,
  • implosion,
  • jetsam,
  • corrosion,
  • perfection,
  • e-waste,
  • fragmentation,
  • wear and tear,
  • flatten,
  • bugger,
  • mutilate,
  • wrack,
  • waste paper,
  • detriment,
  • dereliction,
  • rubble,
  • road kill,
  • residue,
  • extirpate,
  • pauperize,
  • wipe out.
  •
  • reduce to,
  • shoot up,
  • funeral,
  • engulf,
  • flotsam,
  • recycling,
  • clipping,
  • tear apart,
  • rupture,
  • refuse,
  • fuck up,
  • corrode,
  • landfill,
  • debris,
  • remains,
  • garbage,
  • breakage,
  • detonation.
  •
  • erase,
  • sabotage,
  • destroyer,
  • trimmings,
  • rubbish,
  • write off,
  • corruption,
  • shatter.
  •
  • rot,
  • shred,
  • fragment,
  • knock out,
  • remainder,
  • stub,
  • junk.
  •
  • ribbon,
  • toll,
  • total,
  • trash,
  • slop,
  • cost.
  •
  • burn,
  • trail,
  • overwhelm.
  •
  • scrap.
  •
  • rest,
  • wash,
  • sink.
  •allure
  • seduce.
  •attack
  • assault.
  •ball up
  • make unclear.
  •cheapen
  • marked down,
  • mark down,
  • lose value,
  • marks down,
  • marking down,
  • render worthless,
  • beat down,
  • undervalued,
  • be little.
  •compromise
  • Periled,
  • Periling,
  • Menaced,
  • gave in,
  • Perilled,
  • put under suspicion,
  • Jeopardized,
  • Perilling.
  •confuse
  • ball up.
  •consume
  • expend,
  • lay waste,
  • laid waste,
  • lays waste,
  • laying waste,
  • exhaust.
  •damage
  • wearing away,
  • tampering with,
  • tarnishes,
  • wears away,
  • tampered with,
  • tampers with,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • tamper with,
  • wear away,
  • tore.
  •defeat
  • nose out,
  • cause setback,
  • skunking,
  • put end to,
  • cast down,
  • Counterplotting,
  • Blanking,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • Squashing,
  • Blanked,
  • Counterplotted,
  • neutralize,
  • shellac,
  • skunked,
  • over turn,
  • beat the system,
  • counter-plot,
  • counterplot,
  • squash,
  • casting down,
  • throw for loop.
  •deform
  • flaw,
  • gnarls,
  • Flawing,
  • gnarl,
  • Gnarling,
  • wince,
  • malformed,
  • flawed,
  • Misshape,
  • malform,
  • grimacing,
  • knotted,
  • knot,
  • Winced.
  •desolate
  • plundered,
  • Depopulating,
  • depopulate,
  • lay low,
  • laid low,
  • depopulates,
  • depopulated.
  •destroy
  • consume,
  • pulverize,
  • axe,
  • swallow up,
  • swallowing up,
  • Creamed,
  • destruct,
  • do for,
  • breaking down,
  • Creaming,
  • break down.
  •disable
  • pinioned,
  • hogtie,
  • pinions,
  • Pinioning,
  • Unstrengthened,
  • unbraced,
  • disenable,
  • unfits,
  • unfitted,
  • pinion,
  • unbrace,
  • render incapable,
  • immobilize,
  • unfitting,
  • unstrengthen.
  •disaster
  • catastrophe.
  •end
  • put to death,
  • running out,
  • putting to death.
  •pervert
  • misstate,
  • salting,
  • phony up,
  • doctor up,
  • salted.
  •shatter
  • Fracturing,
  • smatter,
  • splinterize,
  • fragmentalize,
  • smash to smithereens,
  • smattered,
  • fractured,
  • break a heart,
  • wrack up.
  •take apart
  • dismantle.

Paraphrases for Ruin:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    downfall, rubble, wreck.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    wrack.
  • Verb, base form
    wreck.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ruination, devastation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    batters.
  • Noun, plural
    disasters, remnants, Casualties, tatters, ravages, Ashes, dogs.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    doom, undoing, collapse, havoc, demise.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    spoil, undermine, break.
  • Verb, base form
    spoil, undermine, annihilate, jeopardize, demolish, disrupt, disturb, interrupt, obliterate, undo, blow, nullify, rot, stain, hurt, collapse, crush, derail, shatter, dismantle, striker, break, sink, impair, throw, negate, unravel.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disrepair.

Antonyms for Ruin:

• n.

  • ruin
    construction, development, growth, building, creation.
  • Other antonyms:
    consider, shield, regard, laud, uphold, extol, applaud, tend, sustain, care for, eulogize, vindicate, benefit, favor, Panegyrize.

• v.

  • abuse
    defend, preserve, protect, respect, help, cherish.
  • annihilate
    revive, save.
  • baffle
    aid, encourage, relieve, support, assist, abet.
  • balk
    make easier.
  • devastate, destroy
    decorate, ornament, mend, lose, sanctify, heal, adorn, repair, praise, cure, fix, strengthen, beautify, honor, surrender.
  • ruin
    construct, develop, grow, build, create.

Ruin Sentence Examples:

• They'd ruin it for the rest of us.

• Alfred begged her to keep it secret, that it would ruin everything to have it known.

Homophones for Ruin:

• rename, ramona, rana, Ramayana, rumanian, romany, ranee, ream, rn, rna, rumania, renin, ram home, rein in, Rheumy, rem, romeo, reunion, rune, rumen, roomy, rim, ramee, rearm, riemannian, Rhone Wine, rimu, roman, rimy, remain, room, rum, rowan, run-in, rheum, romneya, rom, rouyn, romani, rhino, reno, romania, rameau, roomie, rerun, rommany, rome, roumanian, re-arm, rhyme, rhine, romaine, runyon, rima, roam, rainy, roma, ron, rhinion, romanian, ramman, run on, renew, rennin, rue anemone, run, run away, renown, run-on, runway, roneo, rummy, rani, riemann, runny, roan, ramie, rhein, roumania, rhenium, rhone, rhynia, rein, rayon, rain, ram, runaway, rime, Rhine Wine, rama.

Hypernym for Ruin:

• v.

  • contact
    devastate, wrack, consume, violate, burn down, bust, spoil, kick in, kick down, shipwreck, despoil, explode, fire, ravage, scourge, lay waste to, desolate, get, wreck, subvert, burn, bust up, harry, vandalize, break, plunder, vandalise, do a job on, rape, devour, waste, wash out.
  • social
    break, undo, shipwreck.

Hyponym for Ruin:

• n.

  • artifact
    building, edifice.
  • state
    desolation, devastation.

• v.

  • change
    crumble, dilapidate, decay.
  • contact
    devastate, ravage, scourge, waste, lay waste to, desolate.
  • social
    cross, bilk, thwart, frustrate, scotch, spoil, baffle, foil, queer.