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ruin
noun as in situation of devastation
Strongest matches
bankruptcy, collapse, demolition, destruction, extinction, insolvency, wreck, wreckage
Strong matches
atrophy, bane, bath, breakdown, confusion, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, degeneration, destitution, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, failure, fall, havoc, loss, nemesis, overthrow, ruination, skids, subversion, undoing, waste, waterloo
verb as in devastate, destroy
Strongest matches
bankrupt, crush, decimate, demolish, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, injure, mar, overwhelm, raze, shatter, spoil, wipe out, wrack, wreck
Strong matches
beggar, botch, break, bust, deface, defeat, defile, deplore, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, drain, fleece, maim, mangle, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, reduce, sack, smash, total
Weak matches
bring down, bring to ruin, clean out, depredate, do in, lay waste, make a mess of, spoliate, use up, wreak havoc on
Example Sentences
The conflict has left tens of thousands dead and entire neighborhoods in ruins.
He anointed Freddie Freeman as his favorite player even though “he’s ruined Brewers history many times.”
“Then I thought: the whole show is about how hard this is — what if I ruin the interview with my errand because I don’t have my birth certificate or something?”
A few neighbors and cousins emerged from similarly destroyed ruins, exchanging greetings that sounded both joyous and fragile.
In Gaza, Palestinian officials said about 500,000 people had returned to northern Gaza - which lies in ruins - in the past two days, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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