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ruin
Synonyms and Antonyms of ruin
- a vicious bombardment that left the building in ruins
- the ruins of an abandoned abbey
- the family faces ruin if the chief breadwinner doesn't find another job very soon
- the politician's eventual ruin would be a sexual indiscretion
ruin
Synonyms and Antonyms of ruin
- after he was ruined by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the industrialist was forced to sell his mansion and start all over again
- tornadoes ruined a wide swath of the county
- a huge fire that ruined an entire city block
beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against)
blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate
erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away)
dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake
blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out
despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize
assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap
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