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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
“Let the guilty rejoice and go unpunished, and the innocent suffer ruin and desolation,” she replies.
There is now a heap of stuffed toys in the ruins, and photographs.
"I was luckier than some of my colleagues who I know have had their lives ruined by these legal processes."
Until that changes, such discriminatory attitudes will continue to ruin lives.
"When I took the project on, the hall was just a few years from completely falling down and becoming a ruin," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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