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   • Definition of ruination noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary the process of destroying something/somebody or being destroyed synonym destruction Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside. Alcohol will be the ruination of him. Want to learn more?

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   • to ruin. ruined. 1530–40; < Medieval Latin ruīnātus, past participle of ruīnāre. See ruin, -ate 1 The house, save for the actual fabric of it, had become rather dilapidated and ruinate. So Theobald, in accordance with the rime, read for ruinate of the folio. Ruinate definition: to ruin. . See examples of RUINATE used in a sentence.

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   • ru•in•a•tion (ro̅o̅′ə nā′ shən), n. the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined. something that ruins. ru•in /ˈruɪn/ n. ruins, [ plural] the remains of a building, etc., destroyed or in decay: the ruins of Troy. a destroyed or decayed building, etc.:[ countable] toured the ruin of the apartment house after the earthquake.

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   • The earliest known use of the noun ruination is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for ruination is from 1599, in the writing of Richard Linche, poet and translator. ruination is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruinate v., ‑ion suffix1.

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   noun [ U ] old-fashioned us / ˌruː.əˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / uk / ˌruː.ɪˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. destruction: Alcohol was the ruination of him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Destroying and demolishing. annihilate. annihilation. apocalypse. bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of something idiom. consume. costly. dynamite.

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   ruination. noun. /ˌruːɪˈneɪʃn/. /ˌruːɪˈneɪʃn/. [uncountable] (formal) the process of destroying something/somebody or being destroyed synonym destruction. Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside. Alcohol will be the ruination of him.

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   The meaning of RUINATION is ruin, destruction. How to use ruination in a sentence.

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   Definition of ruination noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   The ruination of someone or something is the act of ruining them or the process of being ruined. [formal] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'ruination' American English: ruɪneɪʃən British English: ruːɪneɪʃən. More. Synonyms of 'ruination' • damage, desolation, destruction, devastation [...] • bankruptcy, ruin, impoverishment, poverty [...] More.

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   What does the noun ruination mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun ruination . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Ruin, from the verb meaning to fall to pieces, suggests a state of decay or disintegration (or an object in that state) that is apt to be more the result of the natural processes of time and change than of sudden violent activity from without: The house has fallen to ruins.