Definitions of ruin
n. - The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
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n. - Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.
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n. - That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
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n. - The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
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n. - That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
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n. - To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
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v. i. - To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
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The word "ruin" uses 4 letters: I N R U.
No direct anagrams for ruin found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after ruin (in bold), or to inru in any order:
b - bruin burin c - incur runic e - inure urine g - ruing unrig n - inurn p - purin unrip s - ruins t - rutin
Shorter words found within ruin:
in nu rin run un urn
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Other words with the same letter pairs: ru ui in
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