ruination
Example Sentences
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It was a gesture of play as much as protest, striking above all for Williams’s decision not to burn the flags but to preserve their crisp, and oddly appetizing, ruination.
From New York Times
The result, Hoh said, was “tremendous death, destruction and the ruination of a society.”
From Los Angeles Times
She sat in her father’s hulking six-wheel truck, contemplating the ruination of the world she once knew.
From New York Times
If there is any possible small mercy in this scene of ruination, it's that the earthquake struck in winter when fewer homes in the village were occupied.
From BBC
Riley surely realizes he is risking the ruination of the final season of arguably the greatest quarterback in USC history by forcing Williams to tote this unsightly defensive baggage, correct?
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
