Synonyms for ruiner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : roo-in |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ɪn |
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Définition of ruiner
Origin :- late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (cf. Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.
- As in iconoclast : noun detractor
- He is the enemy of conjugal love, and is the Jupiter of the Greeks, an iron-hearted tyrant, the ruiner of ancient Greece.
- Extract from : « William Blake » by Irene Langridge
Antonyms for ruiner
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