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ruin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ruin

1 the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
  • The building lay in ruins.
Synonyms of ruin

annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, obliteration, ruination, wastage, wreckage
Words Related to ruin

depredation, despoilment, despoliation

breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

dismantlement, effacement, eradication
Near Antonyms of ruin

rescue, salvage, salvation, saving

conservation, preservation, protection

reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restoration
Antonyms of ruin

building, construction, erection, raising
2 ruins plural the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
  • the ruins of an abandoned abbey
Synonyms of ruin

ashes, debris, detritus, flotsam, remains, residue, rubble, wreck, wreckage
Words Related to ruin

jetsam, leavings, remnant

chaff, deadwood, dross, dust, garbage, junk, litter, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste
3 the inability to pay one's debts
  • a drought that nearly brought the farm to economic ruin
Synonyms of ruin

bankruptcy, failure, insolvency
Antonyms of ruin

solvency
4 something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life
  • The politician's eventual ruin would be a financial scandal.
Synonyms of ruin

death, destruction, downfall, ruination, undoing
Words Related to ruin

bane, curse, torment

Achilles' heel, tragic flaw
Phrases Synonymous with ruin

kiss of death

ruin

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ruin

1 to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts
  • After he was ruined by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the industrialist was forced to sell his mansion and start all over again.
Synonyms of ruin

bankrupt, break, bust
Words Related to ruin

beggar, impoverish, pauperize

reduce, straiten

clean (out), wipe out
Near Antonyms of ruin

enrich, richen
2 to bring destruction to (something) through violent action
  • Tornadoes ruined a wide swath of the forest.
Synonyms of ruin

destroy, devastate, ravage, scourge
Words Related to ruin

despoil, foray, harry, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack, strip

annihilate, desolate, eradicate, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, nuke, obliterate, rub out, shatter, smash, total, vaporize, waste, wipe out, wrack, wreck

decimate, mow

demolish, raze

crush, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm
Near Antonyms of ruin

recondition, recover, redeem, rehabilitate, restore

fix, mend, patch, repair, revamp
3 to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
  • I burned dinner and ruined it.
Synonyms of ruin

annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck
Words Related to ruin

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
Near Antonyms of ruin

doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition, repair, revamp

create, invent

assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape

bring about, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize

conserve, preserve, protect, save

rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, restore
Antonyms of ruin

build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up

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