ruin
ruin
ruən
rooēn
/ɚˈuːÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ruin"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause severe damage or harm to something, usually in a way that is beyond repair
Transitive: to ruin sth
to ruin definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economic downturn threatened to ruin many businesses.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to fall into a state of destruction or severe decline
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the flood, the town was left to ruin, with many buildings left abandoned.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻšāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧀āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take away a woman’s chastity, often leading to a loss of honor or social reputation in traditional contexts
Transitive: to ruin a woman
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His deceitful charm ruined her, leaving her reputation in shambles.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇.
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone or something to become impoverished
Transitive: to ruin sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His gambling addiction gradually ruined him, wiping out his savings.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϜ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϏāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to become less favorable, often by damaging or destroying its quality or value
Transitive: to ruin sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The constant delays and miscommunications began to ruin the project.
āĻ§ā§āϰ⧁āĻŦāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻŦ⧁āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ, āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ

(plural) the remains of something such as a building after it has been seriously damaged or destroyed
ruin definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ancient ruins attracted many tourists each year.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āϕ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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destruction caused intentionally

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failure resulting in loss of position, status, or reputation

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the process of falling into decay

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old mill slowly fell into ruin.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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