verb
- Destroy completely; damage irreparably.
- usage: "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
- Destroy or cause to fail.
- usage: "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
- synonyms: ruin
- Reduce to bankruptcy.
- usage: "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
- Reduce to ruins.
- usage: "The country lay ruined after the war"
- synonyms: ruin
- Deprive of virginity.
- usage: "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
- Fall into ruin.
- synonyms: ruin
adjective
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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