Ruination

/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/

Synonyms for "ruination" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(3 words)

bane bankruptcy bloodbathblue ruinbreakage breakdown breakup calamity carnage collapse confusion consumptioncrack upcrack-up crippling

Strong matches (27)

Related words (45)

encroachment harm havoc hecatomb hobbling holocaust hurt hurting impairment incapacitation infringement injury inroad loss maiming mayhem mischief mutilation perdition ravage

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ruin ruinousness sabotage scathe shambles sickening slaughter spoiling spoliation undoing vandalism waste weakening wrackwrack and ruinwreck

Noun(9 words)

laying wastemeaning destructionmurdering remains ruining ruins unmaking wreckage wrecking

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More general

12 entries

consequence demolition desolation destruction devastation failure outcome phenomenon process remains state wipeout

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11 entries

castle ruincity ruincultural ruindeindustrializationeconomic ruinfinancial ruinmoral ruinreputational ruinsite desertiontemple ruinurban abandonment

Collocations

6 entries

architectural ruinationcultural ruinationeconomic ruinationhistorical ruinationstate of ruinationurban ruination

Inflections

1 entries

ruinations

Derivations

4 entries

ruinate ruinous ruinously ruinousness

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As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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