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ruined
| Main Entry: |
ruined
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destroyed |
| Synonyms: | abolished, annihilated, collapsed, crashed, crushed, decayed, demolished, desolated, exterminated, extinct, extinguished, extirpated, ravaged, smashed, subverted, torn down, totaled, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | preserved, protected, restored, saved |
| Main Entry: | ruined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rendered unchaste |
| Synonyms: | defiled, deflowered, despoiled, forced, raped, ravished, violated |
| Main Entry: | ruined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bankrupt |
| Synonyms: | beggared, broke*, busted, finished*, fleeced, gone under, indebted, insolvent, out of business, pauperized, penniless, poverty-stricken, reduced |
| Antonyms: | flourishing, prosperous, rich, solvent, successful, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled |
| Synonyms: | derelict, dilapidated, fordone, irremediable, irreparable, shot, spoilt, undid, undone |
| Antonyms: | flourishing, intact |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
| Synonyms: | 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, wreck |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, develop, grow |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | beaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defeated |
| Synonyms: | baffled, bested, circumvented, conquered, cowed, crushed, disappointed, discomfited, disheartened, frustrated, humbled, licked, mastered, overcome, overpowered, overthrown, overwhelmed, routed, ruined, subjugated, surmounted, thwarted, trounced, undone, vanquished, worsted |
| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | busted, coming unglued, coming unstuck, defective, disabled, down, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, gone, gone to pieces, gone to pot, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, ruined, run-down, screwed up, shot, spent, unsatisfactory, weak, wracked, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | fixed, unbroken, working |
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