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ruination

[roo-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌru əˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
destruction
Synonyms
STRONG
abolition annihilation bane carnage crushing devastation dissolving downfall elimination end eradication extermination extinction extinguishing extirpation havoc invalidation liquidation loss massacre murder overthrow ravaging ruin sacking shattering slaughter slaying subjugation subversion undoing wrack wreck wreckage wrecking
WEAK
abolishing assassinating disintegrating disrupting invalidating subverting
Antonyms
STRONG
accomplishment birth building construction creation success
NOUN
ruin
Synonyms
STRONG
bane bankrupt beggar botch break bust crush defeat defile destroyer destruction downfall drain exhaust fleece mangle mar overthrow overturn pillage rape sack smash spoil total undoing wrack wreck wrecker
WEAK
decimate deface demolish deplete deplore depredate desecrate despoil devour dilapidate disfigure do in impoverish injure maim make a mess of mutilate overwhelm pauperize ravish raze reduce shatter use up wipe out

Example Sentences

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Mr. Clark asks us to regard the tale of the two pastors’ ruination as comparable to modern-day instances of reputational destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Colin Neill, from representative body Hospitality Ulster, said the measure would be the "ruination of the hospitality industry".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

As with so many acts, their financial naivete proved to be their ruination.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

Fire is to piers what water was to the Wicked Witch of the West — a ruination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

I looked at the confusion around me, the ruination.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson