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(roomacrin) noun
1. Total destruction of value or usefulness; in morals, the loss of character, chastity, or honor; seduction; corruption.
2. That which remains of something demolished, destroyed, or decayed: often in the plural.
3. A condition of desolation or degradation.
4. That which causes destruction, downfall, decay, or injury: Gambling was his ruin.
5. The act of falling down; collapse.
v.t.

1. To bring to ruin; destroy; demolish.
2. To bring to bankruptcy or poverty.
3. To deprive of chastity; seduce.
v.i.

4. To fall into ruin. See synonyms under ABUSE, DEMOLISH. [<OF ruine <L ruina <ruere fall]
—ru′in·a·ble
adjective
—ru′in·er
noun
Synonyms (noun): collapse, decay, defeat, desolation, destruction, discomfiture, downfall, fall, overthrow, perdition, subversion, undoing, wreck. See ADVERSITY, MISFORTUNE. Antonyms: conservation, preservation, prosperity, recovery, regeneration, reparation, success.

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