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How to pronounce ruin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deflower
Type of mate, couple, copulate, pair
Type Words
Synonyms ruination
Type of destruction, wipeout, demolition
Has types shipwreck, desolation, devastation
Derivation ruinous
Type Words
Synonyms ruination
Type of devastation, desolation
Derivation ruinous


you have brought ruin on this entire family.
Type Words
Synonyms downfall, ruination
Type of failure
Has types finish
Type Words
Synonyms laying waste, ruination, ruining, wrecking
Type of devastation, destruction
Type Words
Synonyms dilapidation
Type of decay
Type Words
Synonyms destroy
Has types ravage, consume, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, do a job on, explode, fire, get, harry, kick down, kick in, lay waste to, plunder, rape, scourge, shipwreck, spoil, subvert, vandalise, vandalize, violate, wash out, waste, wrack, wreck, break, burn, burn down, bust, bust up
Derivation ruining, ruiner, ruination


You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!.
The tears ruined her make-up.
Type Words
Synonyms bankrupt, break, smash
Type of impoverish
Type Words
Type of edifice, building


they explored several Roman ruins.
Type Words
Type of baffle, bilk, scotch, cross, thwart, queer, spoil, foil, frustrate
Has types shipwreck, break, undo
Derivation ruiner


This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election.
Type Words
Type of dilapidate, crumble, decay
Type Words
Type of lay waste to, desolate, devastate, ravage, scourge, waste
Derivation ruining, ruiner, ruination


The country lay ruined after the war.

Examples of ruin

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Did product testers worry that spraying on latex protection would ruin the mood?
From the time.com
As for the French, are they not satisfied in what they have done to ruin Africa?
From the forbes.com
In the steroid era, the winners will be the ones who simply avoid personal ruin.
From the stltoday.com
Australian Cameron Meyer could be a potential star who could ruin British hopes.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
While I didn't like everything about the ending, it didn't ruin the show for me.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
It's ignorant individuals like you that ruin the true foundation of this nation.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
The old man has shored this fragment and others against the modern world's ruin.
From the washingtontimes.com
They will only get liberal socialists and that would ruin their economy forever.
From the washingtontimes.com
A boy behaves badly after thinking Santa is trying to ruin his parents'marriage.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"
  • Destroy: destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
  • A ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins"
  • Destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
  • Bankrupt: reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
  • Dilapidation: the process of becoming dilapidated
  • An event that results in destruction
  • Reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
  • Ruin is the second album by the metal band Architects and the first to feature current vocalist Sam Carter.