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ruination

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ruination

1 something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life

  • neglect and indifference have proved to be the ruination of more than one marriage
Synonyms of ruination

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

bane, curse, torment

Achilles' heel, tragic flaw
Phrases Synonymous with ruination

kiss of death

2 the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless

  • although this is a setback, it isnʼt complete ruination for the company
Synonyms of ruination

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

depredation, despoilment, despoliation

breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

dismantlement, effacement, eradication
Near Antonyms of ruination

rescue, salvage, salvation, saving

conservation, preservation, protection

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

building, construction, erection, raising

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