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ruin
ruin
SEE DEFINITION OF
ruin
WORDS RELATED TO
RUIN
defeating
verb
frustrate
baffle
balk
beat down
beat the system
blank
block
bury
cast down
cause setback
checkmate
circumvent
confound
contravene
cook
counterplot
cross
disappoint
discomfit
disconcert
disprove
edge out
foil
invalidate
neutralize
nonplus
nose out
nullify
outwit
overturn
put end to
puzzle
quell
reduce
refute
ruin
scuttle
shave
shellac
skunk
spoil
squash
stump
subdue
subjugate
surmount
take wind out of sails
throw for loop
thwart
undo
victimize
defeats
noun
overthrow, beating
KO
ambush
annihilation
beating
blow
break
breakdown
check
collapse
conquest
count
debacle
defeasance
destruction
discomfiture
downthrow
drubbing
embarrassment
extermination
failure
fall
insuccess
killing
lacing
licking
loss
massacre
mastery
nonsuccess
paddling
rebuff
repulse
reverse
rout
ruin
scalping
setback
shellacking
slaughter
subjugation
thrashing
trap
trashing
trimming
triumph
trouncing
vanquishment
waxing
whaling
whipping
whitewashing
defeats
verb
frustrate
baffle
balk
beat down
beat the system
blank
block
bury
cast down
cause setback
checkmate
circumvent
confound
contravene
cook
counterplot
cross
disappoint
discomfit
disconcert
disprove
edge out
foil
invalidate
neutralize
nonplus
nose out
nullify
outwit
overturn
put end to
puzzle
quell
reduce
refute
ruin
scuttle
shave
shellac
skunk
spoil
squash
stump
subdue
subjugate
surmount
take wind out of sails
throw for loop
thwart
undo
victimize
deflower
verb
ravish; take away beauty
assault
defile
deflorate
depredate
desecrate
despoil
devour
force
harm
have
mar
molest
outrage
possess
ravage
ravish
ruin
seduce
spoil
violate
deform
verb
distort, disfigure
batter
blemish
buckle
contort
cripple
damage
deface
flaw
gnarl
grimace
impair
injure
knot
maim
malform
mangle
mar
misshape
mutilate
ruin
skew
spoil
twist
warp
wince
demise
noun
fate, usually death
annihilation
collapse
curtains
decease
departure
dissolution
downfall
dying
end
ending
expiration
extinction
failure
fall
final thrill
last out
last roundup
lights out
number's up
passing
quietus
ruin
silence
sleep
termination
demolish
verb
destroy; consume
annihilate
break
bulldoze
burst
crack
crush
decimate
defeat
devastate
devour
dilapidate
dismantle
eat
flatten
gobble up
knock down
level
obliterate
overthrow
overturn
pulverize
put away
put in toilet
raze
ruin
sink
smash
take apart
take out
tear down
torpedo
total
trash
undo
wax
wipe off map
wrack
wreck
demolished
verb
destroy; consume
annihilate
break
bulldoze
burst
crack
crush
decimate
defeat
devastate
devour
dilapidate
dismantle
eat
flatten
gobble up
knock down
level
obliterate
overthrow
overturn
pulverize
put away
put in toilet
raze
ruin
sink
smash
take apart
take out
tear down
torpedo
total
trash
undo
wax
wipe off map
wrack
wreck
demolishing
verb
destroy; consume
annihilate
break
bulldoze
burst
crack
crush
decimate
defeat
devastate
devour
dilapidate
dismantle
eat
flatten
gobble up
knock down
level
obliterate
overthrow
overturn
pulverize
put away
put in toilet
raze
ruin
sink
smash
take apart
take out
tear down
torpedo
total
trash
undo
wax
wipe off map
wrack
wreck
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