ruin has definitions from the field of sexuality
1
[ verb ] destroy completely; damage irreparably

Synonyms

destroy

Examples

"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!" "The tears ruined her make-up"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

But in our case - and neither my wife nor I have extreme views on integration , nor are we given to emotional outbursts - the situation has ruined one or two valued friendships and come_close to wrecking several more .

2
[ noun ] an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

Synonyms

ruination

Examples

"you have brought ruin on this entire family"

Related terms

devastation

3
[ noun ] the state of being decayed or destroyed

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Adam watched his own hands make the caressing , anxious movement that , when rain falls and nobody comes , and ruin draws_close like a cat rubbing against the ankles , has been the ritual of stall vendors , forever .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

He tried defiance and openly flaunted his devotion to his half_sister , but he soon saw , as did she , that this course if persisted_in would involve them in a common ruin .

4
[ noun ] a ruined building

Examples

"they explored several Roman ruins"

Used in print

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

They looked at the ruins of the old Roman wall on the lower Via_Veneto , then they went_to the Farnese_Gardens .

Related terms

building

5
[ verb ] reduce to bankruptcy

Synonyms

bankrupt smash break

Examples

"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!" "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

Related terms

impoverish bankruptcy

6
[ noun ] failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

Synonyms

downfall ruination

Related terms

failure finish

7
[ noun ] the process of becoming dilapidated

Synonyms

dilapidation

Related terms

decay

8
[ verb ] destroy or cause to fail

Examples

: "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"

9
[ verb ] fall into ruin

Related terms

decay

10
[ verb ] reduce to ruins

Examples

"The country lay ruined after the war"

11
[ noun ] an event that results in destruction

Synonyms

ruination

12
[ verb ] (sexuality) deprive of virginity

Synonyms

deflower

Examples

"This dirty old men deflowered several young girls in the village"

Related terms

copulate defloration

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[ noun ] destruction achieved by wrecking something

Related terms

destruction destroy bust_up

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