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Ruiner

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Noun

1. destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster

a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

Example Sentences:
'a destroyer of the environment'
'jealousy was his undoer'
'uprooters of gravestones'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ruiner

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noun
1. 
a destroyed or decayed building or town
2. 
the state or condition of being destroyed or decayed
3. 
loss of wealth, position, etc, or something that causes such loss; downfall
4. 
something that is severely damaged
his life was a ruin
5. 
a person who has suffered a downfall, bankruptcy, etc
6. 
loss of value or usefulness
7. archaic
loss of her virginity by a woman outside marriage
verb
8. (transitive)
to bring to ruin; destroy
9. (transitive)
to injure or spoil
the town has been ruined with tower blocks
10. (intransitive) archaic or poetic
to fall into ruins; collapse

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Ruiner

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noun
1.  Archaic
a falling down, as of a building, wall, etc.
2.  [pl.]
the remains of a fallen building, city, etc., or of something devastated, decayed, etc.
3. 
a. 
a destroyed or dilapidated building, town, etc.
b. 
a person regarded as being physically, mentally, or morally a wreck of what he or she was
4. 
the state of being destroyed, decayed, dilapidated, etc.
5. 
downfall, destruction, devastation, etc.
; specif.,
a. 
complete loss of means, solvency, position, etc.
b. 
moral downfall
c. 
loss of chastity in a woman
6. 
any cause of a person's downfall, destruction, etc.
gambling was his ruin
verb transitive
7. 
to bring or reduce to ruin
; specif.,
a. 
to destroy, spoil, or damage irreparably
b. 
to impoverish or make bankrupt
c. 
to deprive (a woman) of chastity
verb intransitive
8. 
to go or come to ruin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ruiner

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n.
1. often ruins
a. The state of being physically destroyed, collapsed, or decayed: The castle fell into ruin.
b. The state of being extensively harmed or damaged: Our vacation plans are in ruins.
c. Poverty of bankruptcy: Their decision brought the bank to ruin.
2.
a. often ruins A destroyed, collapsed, or decayed building or other physical entity: the ruins of the old mill.
b. One that has been extensively damaged or harmed: He is a ruin of his former self.
3. A cause of destruction or irreparable harm or loss: Gambling will be his ruin.
tr.v. ru·ined, ru·in·ing, ru·ins
1. To cause (a building, for example) to be in a destroyed, collapsed, or decayed state.
2.
a. To harm or damage the quality or value of (something) irreparably: A bad diet ruined his health.
b. To harm or damage the enjoyment or experience of (something) greatly: ruined the movie by talking throughout it; ruined the book by giving away the ending.
3. To reduce to poverty or bankruptcy: Bad loans ruined the banker.

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