ruin
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fall into ruin -
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deprive of virginity "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" -
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destroy completely; damage irreparably "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!","The tears ruined her make-up" -
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reduce to ruins "The country lay ruined after the war" -
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reduce to bankruptcy "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!","The slump in the financial markets smashed him" -
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destroy or cause to fail "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" -
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destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined -
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a ruined building "they explored several Roman ruins" -
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failure that results in a loss of position or reputation -
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an event that results in destruction -
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the process of becoming dilapidated -
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an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction "you have brought ruin on this entire family"
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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. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" -
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That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction. "The errors of young men are the ruin of business." -
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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. "His ruin startled the other steeds."
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The act of falling or tumbling down; violent fall. -
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A violent or profound change of a thing, such as to unfit it for use, destroy its value, or bring it to an end; overthrow; downfall; collapse; wreck, material or moral: as, the ruin of a government; the ruin of health; financial ruin. -
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That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction; bane. -
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That which has undergone overthrow, downfall, or collapse; anything, as a building, in a state of destruction, wreck, or decay; hence, in the plural, the fragments or remains of anything overthrown or destroyed: as, the ruins of former beauty; the ruins of Nineveh. -
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The state of being ruined, decayed, destroyed, or rendered worthless. -
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Synonyms Subversion, wreck, shipwreck, prostration. -
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To bring to ruin; cause the downfall, overthrow, or collapse of; damage essentially and irreparably; wreck the material or moral well-being of; demolish; subvert; spoil; undo: as, to ruin a city or a government; to ruin commerce; to ruin one's health or reputation. -
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Specifically, to bring to financial ruin; reduce to a state of bankruptcy or extreme poverty. -
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Synonyms To destroy, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm. -
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To impoverish. -
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To fall headlong and with violence; rush furiously downward. -
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To fall into ruins; run to ruin; fall into decay; be dilapidated. -
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To be overwhelmed by loss, failure, suffering, or the like; be brought to misery or poverty. -
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To inflict ruin; do irreparable harm.
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rōō′in a rushing or falling down violently: destruction: overthrow: that which destroys: the remains of a building demolished or decayed (usually in pl.): the state of being ruined: wreck, material or moral -
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to demolish: to destroy: to defeat: to impoverish: to bring to ruin: to undo: to spoil: to seduce, debauch -
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to run to ruin: to fall into decay: to do irreparable harm -
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(Spens.) to fall:—pr.p. ru′ināting; pa.p. ru′ināted -
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(obs.) falling to ruin: ruined
Rack and ruin - If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down
Let's Ruin a Summer Tradition. 98kool.com
Add this to the list of things we used to do all the time as kids that have now been totally RUINED. 98kool.com
Now they tour Europe and explore romance and ruins. tulsaworld.com
' Geezer ' won't let thugs ruin his walks. philly.com
Beneath the ruins of Genghis Khan 's capital city in Central Asia, archaeologists discovered artifacts from cultures near and far. smithsonianmag.com
A place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. hcn.org
Not cool, but don't let it ruin the rest of the memorial park. observer.com
But I don't want to ruin the suspense either. observer.com
Do Running Birds Ruin Pointing Dogs. gundogmag.com
Queens Broker Is Accused of Bringing Immigrants' Ruin. nytimes.com
If there's one thing we love about fall, it's rocking a blowout without summer heat ruining our sleek tresses. essence.com
How much lead does it take to ruin a brain. bur.org
Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled. foxnews.com
I will stop at nothing to ruin your campaign. northcoastjournal.com
Pistons coach once nearly ruined 76ers with bad personnel decisions. msnbc.msn.com
Another situation that can be encountered in ruin theory is the random sum of claims, P ei , where ei are i.i.d. random variables with known exponential distribution.
Comparing Two Contaminated Samples
This would ruin the condition that i∗ : H1 (MK ; Z) ≃−→ H1 (W ; Z) is an isomorphism, which is necessary for a 4-manifold to be a slice disc complement.
A Second Order Algebraic Knot Concordance Group
The use of the equations of motion does not ruin the 1/Nc power counting in (49), although it introduces additional products of traces and powers of derivatives of ˆθ in (23).
Chiral Effective Lagrangian in the large-Nc limit: the nonet case
Similar corrections could ruin the degeneracy of squarks.
M Theory and Cosmology
However, this would ruin the original distribution.
New Lattice Based Cryptographic Constructions
The ruins of this city may still be seen near the modern Sevastopol. "Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)" by
There was an old wall across the pass, now in ruins. "Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)" by
But although from a distance the castle on the green island seems utterly dismantled, it is not, even now, all ruin. "The Light of Scarthey" by
I am ruined, entirely ruined! "The Son of Monte Christo" by
It was a meagre old town, long since in ruins, the fosses and castle of which had been hastily repaired. "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9" by
The villages, which are mostly in ruins, are built on the sides of the rocks. "Celebrated Travels and Travellers" by
But you persuaded him to labor there, and paid him in whiskey, and it ruined him, and ruined us all. "Select Temperance Tracts" by
We are ruined, and you are ruined too. "Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe" by
This is not the place for detailed descriptions of these ruins. "The Book of the National Parks" by
He turned his head at last, and his eyes rested upon the circular wall, four hundred feet below, that enclosed the temple ruins. "The Rhodesian" by
'Tis Deity!
'Tis bliss, pure, bright, supernal;
Though worlds shall fall
To ruin, — all,
Yes, all of Love 's eternal!
Whereon the wilful wilding sleeps,
As if its home were waterfall
By dripping clefts and shadowy steeps.
Burst in, and drew me down:
Her joy o'erpowered us both, her breast
Covered lost friends and ruin'd town.
To praise our Saviour, night and day,
Who has our souls from ruin bought!
For us, what wonders has he wrought?
Whose voice shall be never weary;
And Fancy has withered, like weeds on the grave
Of my loved, my ruined Mary.
Ruin, wreck and wrack;
I toiled long years and at length
Came to so deep a thought
I can summon back
All their wholesome strength.