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ruination

[ roo-uh-ney-shuh n ]

/ ˌru əˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.

something that ruins.

Origin of ruination

First recorded in 1655–65; ruinate + -ion

Words nearby ruination

ruhmkorff coil, ruhr, ruhr valley, ruin, ruinate, ruination, ruinous, ruisdael, rukeyser, rukwa, rule

Example sentences from the Web for ruination

Nazism left no stone unturned to bring about the ruination of Germany.

Baathism Can't Die Quickly Enough |Justin Green |September 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It looks like the day after the election, the headlines will be Republican rout, Democrat ruination.

Don't Blow It, GOP! |Mark McKinnon |October 5, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Sober or drunk: It looks like the day after the election, the headlines will be Republican rout, Democrat ruination.

Don't Blow It, GOP! |Mark McKinnon |October 5, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
And he bristles at the suggestion that he was the ruination of her career.

Brittany Death Suit |Gerald Posner |January 27, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

Both San Martino and Doberdo are destroyed beyond the limits of ruination.

War and the Future |H. G. Wells
And it is a good thing you don't, Reuben, for it would be the ruination of you!

Ishmael |Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
Some say drink is the besetting sin; another says 'bacca is man's ruination.

Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series |John Hartley
But this turkey-trot-tango business—it's goin' to be the ruination of the home.

In a Little Town |Rupert Hughes
And, if the debtors cannot pay, we are afraid it will be ruination for a large proportion of the population.

The Peace Negotiations |J. D. Kestell

British Dictionary definitions for ruination

ruination

/ (ˌruːɪˈneɪʃən) /

noun

the act of ruining or the state of being ruined

something that causes ruin