ruination Definition

ruin
noun

1. A broken, destroyed, decayed or collapsed state.

Thesaurus: collapse, destitution, decay, disintegration, ruination, failure, crash, demolition, dissolution, fall, breakup, extinction, subversion, havoc; Antonym: reconstruction.
2. The remains of something which has been broken, destroyed or has decayed or collapsed, especially the remains of a building or group of buildings.

Thesaurus: remains, traces, foundations, remnants, relics, vestiges, wreckage, debris.
Form: ruins (often)
3. Complete loss of wealth, social position, power, etc.

Thesaurus: undoing, downfall, affliction, curse.
4. A person, company, etc that has lost all of their wealth, social position, power, etc.
5. Something that brings about complete loss of wealth, social position, etc, or physical destruction, decay, etc.

verb ruined, ruining

1. To reduce or bring someone or something to ruin; to destroy them.

Thesaurus: demolish, destroy, devastate, defeat, wreck, ravage, damage, injure, exhaust, impoverish, deplete; Antonym: restore, develop.
2. To spoil.

Derivative: ruination
noun

Derivative: ruiner
noun

Idiom: in ruins

Said of a building, scheme, plan, etc: in a state of ruin; completely wrecked or destroyed.

Etymology: 14c: from French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere to tumble down.