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UK
/ɹˌuːɪnˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
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an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
you have brought ruin on this entire family - destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an event that results in destruction
How To Use ruination In A Sentence
- We could have stalled the ruination of thousands of small production units if we had paid heed to the plea of a level-playing field.
- Fucking rummy is beyond belief, the sooner he dies the better for the world and the better for the ruination of hell. Think Progress » Rumsfeld: War Critics Being Manipulated By Zarqawi and Bin Laden’s ‘Media Committees’
- It was disordered thinking like that which led to his ruination in the stock market.
- The principal cause of ruination is wanton excess through the sin of hubris.
- I walked on, feeling sick to the stomach as I saw so much misery and ruination.
- But there is another type of vessel that trades with the "Lively Poll" and other ships of that fishing fleet -- the Dutch "coper", bringing goods to trade for fish, including tobacco and schnapps, for the Demon Drink is the ruination of many a good man. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea
- They went on to build up Japan once more from ruination and became the puppeteers of Japan's political structure from their powerbase in the Jiyuto.
- The four corners were a pub, a church, a school and a pawnshop: damnation, salvation, education and ruination. THE OPEN DOOR
- Alcohol was the ruination of him.
- Much of the rich, original bird and plant life was wiped out by early settlers, who left behind their domestic animals to create further ruination.
