What is the meaning of ruined?

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"
  • 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"
  • Deprive of virginity.
    • usage: "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
  • Fall into ruin.

adjective

  • Destroyed physically or morally.
  • Doomed to extinction.
  • Brought to ruin.
    • usage: "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"
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