Ruin

Synonyms for "ruin" (529 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (106)

destroy bankrupt deflower downfall ruinate wreck abrogate abuse afterglow afterimage ancient manuscript annihilate antique antiquity archaism artifact assault atomize atrophy attack

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Verb(12 words)

destroy assassinate ball up bankrupt baptize blot break bungle cancel contaminate cook someone's goose cripple

Strong matches (159)

crumbling crush curse damage damn damnation dash dead loss deal destruction death deathblow debacle debase debasement debasing debauch debit debris decadence decapitate

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decay deceive decimate decimation declension decline decrepitude deface defeat defile defilement defiling defloration deflowering defy degeneracy degenerate degeneration degradation degrading demolish denial denudation deplete depredate depredation deprivation desecrate desolate desolation despoil despoilment despoliation destroyer destruction deterioration detriment detritus devastate devastation devolution devour dilapidate dilapidation disable disappoint discomfit disconcert discountenance discredit disfigure dish dishonor dishonoring disintegration dismantle disorganization dispossession disrepair disrupt disruption dissolution dissolve disturb divestment do in dodo doom dotard downgrade drain draw drub drubbing dynamite elude end engorge eolith evil expense fag end failure fall fate filings fix flatten flaw fluff flummox foil fold up force fordo forfeit forfeiture fossil foul fragments frustrate fuddy-duddy get the better of gin go on gobble gobble up gut gut with fire hack hag hammer harm hash havoc hecatomb hide hiding holdover holocaust hors de combat hulk

Verb(15 words)

deflower deprave disperse do do for duppy eliminate eradicate ex extinguish extirpate fordo fuck grease harry

Noun(2 words)

dilapidation downfall

Related words (264)

hurt husks impair impoverish incinerate injury injustice kill knock the chocks lambaste lambasting lather lathering lay in ruins lay waste laying waste lead astray leavings leftovers lick

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licking liquidation loot loser losing losing streak loss louse up maim mangle mar mastery maul mere wreck mess mess up mezzolith microlith mischief mishandle mislead muck mug murder mutilate naught nemesis neolith nervous wreck nonplus nullify odds and ends offscourings old fogy old geezer orts outclass outdo outfight outgeneral outmaneuver outpoint outrage outrun outsail outshine overcoming overshadow overthrow overturn overwhelm paleolith parings pauper pauperize perdition perplex pervert petrification petrified forest petrified wood petroglyph pillage plateaulith play havoc with play hob with poison privation prostrate pull down pulverize puncture put queer quietus rage rags ramp rampage rant rape rattletrap ravage rave ravish raze rebut refuse relic relics reliquiae remainder remains remnant residue residuum rest riot roach roar robbery rout rub out rubbish rubble ruination ruins rump sabotage sack sacrifice sap savage sawdust scotch scourings scraps screw screw up scuttle seduce seducing seduction settle shadow shambles shatter shavings shipwreck shoot sink skeleton skin skin alive slaughter smash soil sow chaos spike spoil spoliate spoliation stain stand in the way stonewall storm straw stripping stubble stump stymie subdual subduing subjugation subversion subvert sully survival swallow up sweepings taint taking away tarnish tear tear around tear down terrorize thrash thrashing throw into disorder thwart total loss trace trash trim trimming triumph triumph over trounce trouncing uglify unbuild undermine undo undoing unleash destruction unleash the hurricane unmake upheave uproot upset vandalism vandalize vanquishment vaporize vestige violate vitiate vitiating vitiation waste waterloo whip whipping wipe out wiping out witch worst wrack wrack and ruin wreak havoc wreckage

Verb(28 words)

injure iron out kill knock off liquidate mommick mortify nuke obliterate pollute pop off race ravel rub out ruinate slay smash snuff out stop someone's clock subvert

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take top undo uproot upset the applecart wax wet wreck

Noun(4 words)

laying waste ruination ruining wrecking

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

34 entries

act baffle bilk building copulate couple cross crumble decay demolition desolate desolation destruction devastate devastation

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Antonyms

8 entries

build construct construction fix found new new construction produce

Synonyms

9 entries

bankrupt deflower destroy dilapidation downfall fordo laying waste ruinate wreck

Related terms

5 entries

ruinable ruination ruiner ruinous ruint

derived

16 entries

blue ruin gambler's ruin modern ruin mother's ruin rack and ruin ruin of the year ruin pub ruin theory ruin value ruin-restoration creationism ruination ruiniform ruinism ruinless ruinlike wrack and ruin

is a

3 entries

building destruction devastation

manner of

3 entries

decay lay waste to thwart

related to

130 entries

ancient ancient building ancient buildings ancient dwelling ancient place ancient remains ancient rome ancient rubble ancient site ancient times archaeological archaeological site architecture aztec bad bankrupt

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Translations

332 translations across 84 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

gërmadhë noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

λοιγός noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ἐρείπιον noun (remains of destroyed construction)
φθείρω verb (to spoil)

Arabic

4 entries

خَرَاب noun (remains of destroyed construction)
خَرَابَة noun (remains of destroyed construction)
طَلَل noun (remains of destroyed construction)
دَمَّرَ verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Armenian

3 entries

ավերակ noun (remains of destroyed construction)
փլատակ noun (remains of destroyed construction)
կործանել verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Asturian

1 entries

ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bərbadlıq noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
pozğunluq noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
viranə noun (remains of destroyed construction)
viranəlik noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

Belarusian

4 entries

разва́ліна noun (remains of destroyed construction)
руі́на noun (remains of destroyed construction)
зні́шчыць verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
знішча́ць verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Bulgarian

4 entries

крах noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
прова́л noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
разва́лина noun (remains of destroyed construction)
разру́ха noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

Catalan

4 entries

ruïna noun (remains of destroyed construction)
arruïnar verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
arruïnar verb (to destroy)
espatllar verb (to destroy)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

شوێنەوار noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏲᏍᏗᎭ verb (to destroy)
ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

廢墟 /废墟 noun (remains of destroyed construction)
毀壞 /毁坏 noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
毀滅 /毁灭 noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
禍因 /祸因 noun (something which leads to serious troubles)

Czech

4 entries

rozvalina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
zřícenina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruinovat verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Danish

3 entries

ruin noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruinere verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
ødelægge verb (to destroy)

Dutch

4 entries

bouwval noun (remains of destroyed construction)
puin noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
puinhoop noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruïne noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Esperanto

1 entries

ruino noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Estonian

2 entries

vare noun (remains of destroyed construction)
rikkuma verb (to spoil)

Finnish

4 entries

rappio noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
raunio noun (remains of destroyed construction)
turmio noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
pilata verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

French

4 entries

ruine noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruine noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruine noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
abîmer verb (to destroy)

Friulian

1 entries

ruvine noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Galician

3 entries

arruinar verb (to destroy)
arruinar verb (to spoil)
esbandallar verb (to spoil)

Georgian

3 entries

ნანგრევი noun (remains of destroyed construction)
გაფუჭება verb (to spoil)
ნგრევა verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

German

4 entries

Ruin noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
Ruin noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
Ruine noun (remains of destroyed construction)
auf die Knie zwingen verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to spoil)

Greek

3 entries

ερείπιο noun (remains of destroyed construction)
καταστρέφω verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
καταστρέφω verb (to destroy)

Hebrew

4 entries

חׇרְבָּה noun (remains of destroyed construction)
דָּפַק verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
הָרַס verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
פִשֵּׁל verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Hindi

4 entries

खँडहर noun (remains of destroyed construction)
खंडहर noun (remains of destroyed construction)
नाश noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
नाश noun (something which leads to serious troubles)

Hungarian

4 entries

omladék noun (remains of destroyed construction)
rom noun (remains of destroyed construction)
rom noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
roncs noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Icelandic

1 entries

rúst noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Indonesian

1 entries

puing noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Ingrian

2 entries

raunio noun (remains of destroyed construction)
raisata verb (to destroy)

Irish

2 entries

scrios noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
creach verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Italian

4 entries

rovina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
rovina noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
rovina noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
rovinare verb (to destroy)

Japanese

4 entries

崩壊 noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
廃墟 noun (remains of destroyed construction)
潰滅 noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
遺跡 noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Kazakh

1 entries

құланды noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Korean

4 entries

유적 noun (remains of destroyed construction)
폐허 noun (remains of destroyed construction)
무너뜨리다 verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
붕괴시키다 verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

уранды noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Latgalian

1 entries

grauduot verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Latin

4 entries

ruīna noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruīna noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
populor verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
populor verb (to destroy)

Latvian

2 entries

drupas noun (remains of destroyed construction)
graut verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Lithuanian

2 entries

griuvėsiai noun (remains of destroyed construction)
griauti verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Macedonian

4 entries

руше́вина noun (remains of destroyed construction)
урна́тина noun (remains of destroyed construction)
чавка́рница noun (remains of destroyed construction)
у́ништи verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Malay

2 entries

puing noun (remains of destroyed construction)
runtuhan noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Malayalam

3 entries

നാശം noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
നശിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to destroy)
നശിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to spoil)

Māori

4 entries

ruhatanga noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruhatanga noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
whakapakaru verb (to destroy)
whakapōhara verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Navajo

1 entries

kitsʼiilí noun (remains of destroyed construction)

North Frisian

1 entries

ferdiirwe verb (to spoil)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

kavil noun (remains of destroyed construction)
wêrane noun (remains of destroyed construction)
xerabe noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

ruin noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruin noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruin noun (something which leads to serious troubles)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

ruin noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruin noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruin noun (something which leads to serious troubles)

Occitan

3 entries

roïna noun (remains of destroyed construction)
arroïnar verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
arroïnar verb (to destroy)

Old English

2 entries

hryre noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
hryre noun (something which leads to serious troubles)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

خراب noun (remains of destroyed construction)
خراب noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
بوزمق verb (to destroy)
بوزمق verb (to spoil)

Persian

3 entries

خراب noun (remains of destroyed construction)
خرابه noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ویرانه noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Polish

3 entries

ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
rujnować verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
zrujnować verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Portuguese

4 entries

ruína noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruína noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruína noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
acabar com verb (to spoil)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਖੰਡਰ noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ਢਾਠ noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Romanian

4 entries

ruină noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruină noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruină noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
strica verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Romansch

3 entries

ruegna noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruigna noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Russian

4 entries

ги́бель noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
крах noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
круше́ние noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
прова́л noun (something which leads to serious troubles)

Sanskrit

1 entries

नाश noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

Sardinian

3 entries

arruinu noun (remains of destroyed construction)
orroghina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
roghina noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

creach noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
creach noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
tobhta noun (remains of destroyed construction)
creach verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

podor noun (remains of destroyed construction)
podorina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
provalina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
razval noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Sicilian

1 entries

ruvina noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Slovak

4 entries

rozvalina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruinovať verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
zruinovať verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Slovene

1 entries

ruševina noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Spanish

4 entries

ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruina noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruina noun (something which leads to serious troubles)
arruinar verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Swahili

1 entries

gofu noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Swedish

4 entries

ruin noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruin noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
ruinera verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
ödelägga verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Tagalog

3 entries

bunlag noun (remains of destroyed construction)
gapo noun (remains of destroyed construction)
pagkagapo noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

Tajik

3 entries

вайрона noun (remains of destroyed construction)
димна noun (remains of destroyed construction)
хароба noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Tibetan

2 entries

གཡག་གོག noun (remains of destroyed construction)
གྱང་རོ noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Turkish

4 entries

harabe noun (remains of destroyed construction)
kalıntı noun (remains of destroyed construction)
virane noun (remains of destroyed construction)
yıkıntı noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Turkmen

1 entries

haraba noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Ukrainian

4 entries

розва́лина noun (remains of destroyed construction)
руї́на noun (remains of destroyed construction)
зни́щити verb (to cause the economical ruin of)
зни́щувати verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Urdu

4 entries

خَرَابَہ noun (remains of destroyed construction)
وِیرانَہ noun (remains of destroyed construction)
کَھنْڈَر noun (remains of destroyed construction)
کَھنْڈَرَات noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Uyghur

1 entries

خارابە noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Uzbek

1 entries

xaroba noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Venetan

3 entries

roina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
rovina noun (remains of destroyed construction)
ruina noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Vietnamese

1 entries

hư hại noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

Walloon

1 entries

rwiner verb (to cause the economical ruin of)

Welsh

2 entries

adfail noun (remains of destroyed construction)
adfeiliad noun (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

West-Frisian

1 entries

Ruïne noun (remains of destroyed construction)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Be more careful. Rushing through things is going to ruin your work.

Source: tatoeba (19728)

A fussy referee can ruin a bout.

Source: tatoeba (20232)

Nuclear weapons will bring about nothing but the ruin of mankind.

Source: tatoeba (21721)

Too much drinking will make your life a ruin.

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