Ruin
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| Author | Etothetaui |
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| Tags | author:etothetaui fun isolate ruin thwump unrated |
| Created | 2020-10-12 |
| Last Modified | 2020-10-12 |
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| Description | Playtested by Ardee [nmaps.net]
ru·in /ˈro͞oin/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: ruin the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed. "a large white house falling into gentle ruin" the remains of a building, typically an old one, that has suffered much damage or disintegration. plural noun: ruins "the ruins of the castle" the disastrous disintegration of someone's life. "the ruin and heartbreak wrought by alcohol, divorce, and violence" the cause of the disintegration of a person's life or loss of their assets. "they don't know how to say no, and that's been their ruin" the complete loss of one's money and other assets. "the financial cost could mean ruin" verb verb: ruin; 3rd person present: ruins; past tense: ruined; past participle: ruined; gerund or present participle: ruining 1. reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. "the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers" Similar: destroy devastate lay waste leave in ruins wreak havoc on ravage leave desolate raze demolish blast wreck wipe out flatten level crush waste derelict in ruins gone to rack and ruin dilapidated ruinous tumbledown ramshackle broken-down decrepit in disrepair falling to pieces falling apart crumbling decaying disintegrating neglected uncared-for shambly shacky munted blasted Opposite: rebuild repair intact well maintained cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to; have a disastrous effect on. "a noisy freeway has ruined village life" Similar: wreck destroy devastate wreak havoc on reduce to nothing damage spoil mar injure blast blight smash shatter dash torpedo scotch make a mess of mess up sabotage poison louse up screw up foul up put the kibosh on banjax do for blow a hole in nix queer scupper cock up dish muller euchre cruel bring to naught destroyed in ruins in pieces in ashes falling down about one's ears over finished at an end in tatters in shreds on the rocks done for toast vulgar slangfuck up Opposite: restore save flourishing reduce to a state of poverty. "they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century" Similar: bankrupt make bankrupt cause to go bankrupt make insolvent impoverish reduce to penury/destitution bring to ruin bring someone to their knees wipe out break cripple pauperize beggar 2. LITERARY fall headlong or with a crash. "carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time" Phrases in ruins — in a state of complete disorder or disintegration. "the economy was in ruins" Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’. |
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