Ruin

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay 1.2 a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc. 1.3 a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition 1.4 the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything. 1.5 the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like. 1.6 something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight 1.7 the downfall of a person; undoing 1.8 a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual. 1.9 the act of causing destruction or a downfall. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to reduce to ruin; devastate. 2.2 to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt. 2.3 to injure (a thing) irretrievably. 2.4 to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower. 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to fall into ruins; fall to pieces. 3.2 to come to ruin. 4 Antonyms 4.1 noun 4.2 verb 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun 5.2 verb

Noun

ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay

We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.

a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc.

a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition

The building fell to ruin.

the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything.

the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like.

something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight

Alcohol was his ruin.

the downfall of a person; undoing

the ruin of Oedipus.

a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual.

the act of causing destruction or a downfall.

Verb (used with object)

to reduce to ruin; devastate.

to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt.

to injure (a thing) irretrievably.

to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower.

Verb (used without object)

to fall into ruins; fall to pieces.

to come to ruin.

Antonyms

noun

building , construction , creation , development , growth

verb

build , construct , create , develop , grow

Synonyms

noun

atrophy , bane , bankruptcy , bath , breakdown , collapse , confusion , crackup , crash , crumbling , damage , decay , defeat , degeneracy , degeneration , demolition , destitution , destruction , deterioration , dilapidation , disintegration , disrepair , dissolution , downfall , downgrade , extinction , failure , fall , havoc , insolvency , loss , nemesis , overthrow , ruination , skids , subversion , the end , undoing , waste , waterloo , wreck , wreckagenotes:rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin , rack is a variation of wrack and wreck , devastation , wrack , wreckage , destroyer , wrecker , debris , rubble , annihilation , blight , cataclysm , catastrophe , desolation , despoliation , detritus , excavation , holocaust , perdition , pest , plague , rubbish , ruins

verb

bankrupt , beggar , botch , break , bring down , bring to ruin , bust , clean out , crush , decimate , deface , defeat , defile , demolish , deplete , deplore , depredate , desecrate , despoil , devour , dilapidate , disfigure , do in * , drain , exhaust , fleece , impoverish , injure , lay waste , maim , make a mess of , mangle , mar , mutilate , overthrow , overturn , overwhelm , pauperize , pillage , rape , ravish , raze , reduce , sack , shatter , smash , spoil , spoilate , total , use up , wipe out * , wrack , wreak havoc on , wrecknotes:rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin , rack is a variation of wrack and wreck , break down , cross up , finish , sink , torpedo , undo , wash up , wreck , fail , destroy , bane , bankruptcy , calamity , collapse , confusion , crumbling , damage , dash , debacle , decadence , decay , desolate , desolation , despoliation , destruction , devastate , devastation , disaster , dissolution , doom , downfall , fall , harm , havoc , impair , insolvency , level , loss , perish , ravage , ruinate , scuttle , subversion , subvert , vandalize , vitiate