Synonyms for ruination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : roo-uh-ney-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌru əˈneɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for ruination Other synonyms for the word ruination
- abolishing
- assassinating
- bring down
- bring to ruin
- clean out
- crashing
- crushing
- decimate
- deface
- defeat
- defile
- demolish
- deplete
- deplore
- depredate
- desecrate
- despoil
- destroyer
- destruction
- devastation
- devour
- dilapidate
- disfigure
- disintegrating
- disrupting
- dissolving
- do in
- downfall
- drain
- elimination
- end
- eradication
- exhaust
- extermination
- extinction
- extinguishing
- extirpation
- fleece
- havoc
- impoverish
- injure
- invalidating
- invalidation
- lay waste
- liquidation
- loss
- maim
- make a mess of
- mangle
- mar
- massacre
- murder
- mutilate
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pauperize
- pillage
- rape
- ravaging
- ravish
- raze
- reduce
- ruin
- sack
- sacking
- shatter
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- smash
- spoil
- spoilate
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- total
- undoing
- use up
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wreckage
- wrecker
- wrecking
Définition of ruination
Origin :- 1660s, from verb ruinate "to go to ruin" (1540s), from Medieval Latin ruinatus, past participle of ruinare, from Latin ruina (see ruin (n.)).
- noun destruction
- noun ruin
- But this turkey-trot-tango business—it's goin' to be the ruination of the home.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- "That child will be my ruination," he muttered, seating himself at the desk.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- A man may be bald-headed, and it's genteel; but to be barefooted, it's ruination.
- Extract from : « Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive » by Alf Burnett
- It is ruination to a good book not to cut it right through into the corners.
- Extract from : « The Private Library » by Arthur L. Humphreys
- A fast horse on a farm is ruination to the boys, for it starts them racing and betting.
- Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders
- Ah kin help yo all ward off evil and jinx; ah kin help yo all git a job; ah kin help yo all ovah come the ruination uv yo home.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 » by Work Projects Administration
- If this time you don't do what we say it will be your ruination.
- Extract from : « The Barrel Mystery » by William J. (William James) Flynn
- These I opened, and exposed the plates to ruination as before.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 42, June, 1894 » by Various
- All of life teaches the aimlessness, the ruination of selfishness.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume--1895-1899) » by Leo Tolstoi
- They're the ruination of the whole business, Davie, and ye know it.
- Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough
Antonyms for ruination
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