As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.
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Ruination
//ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "ruination" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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9 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- разруха noun (state of being ruined)
- разрушаване noun (act of ruining)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 破壞 /破坏 noun (act of ruining)
French
2 entries- ruination noun (state of being ruined)
- ruination noun (act of ruining)
German
3 entries- Verderben noun (state of being ruined)
- Verderben noun (act of ruining)
- Vernichtung noun (act of ruining)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (state of being ruined)
- 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (act of ruining)
- 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹 noun (state of being ruined)
Italian
2 entries- rovina noun (state of being ruined)
- rovina noun (act of ruining)
Japanese
4 entries- 打ち壊し noun (act of ruining)
- 打倒 noun (act of ruining)
- 潰滅 noun (state of being ruined)
- 破壊 noun (act of ruining)
Māori
1 entries- whakapakarutanga noun (act of ruining)
Portuguese
2 entries- ruína noun (state of being ruined)
- ruína noun (act of ruining)
Scots
2 entries- ruination noun (state of being ruined)
- ruination noun (act of ruining)
Spanish
2 entries- ruina noun (state of being ruined)
- ruina noun (act of ruining)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Yet also thanks largely to Trump, a parallel disaster is unfolding across the world: the ruination of America’s reputation as a safe, trustworthy, competent international leader and partner.
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