83 entries under ruin topic. ×

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casualty(noun, hurt, damage, evil)
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bane(noun, trouble, hurt, blow)
3
cataclysm(noun, trouble, blow, distress)
3
ill luck(noun, expression, idiom, catastrophe)
3
setback(noun, trouble, defeat, blow)
2
defeat(noun, trouble, blow, distress)
2
desolation(noun, collapse, failure, depression)
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reversal(destruction, misfortune, downfall, ruination)
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undoing(noun, catastrophe, downfall, tragedy)
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visitation(noun, trouble, blow, distress)
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act of God(noun, expression, idiom, catastrophe)
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bad news(noun, expression, trouble, blow)
1
bale(evil, catastrophe, tragedy)
1
collapse(destruction, disaster, catastrophe, misfortune)
1
debacle(blow, cross, failure, disaster)
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depression(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress)
1
destruction(hurt, damage, evil, harm)
1
downfall(collapse, destruction, disaster, catastrophe)
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emergency(noun, trouble, harm, difficulty)
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exigency(noun, trouble, force, strain)
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