| Main Entry: | rack and ruin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter destitution |
Synonyms: |
blue ruin, complete distruction, destitution, destruction, rack, ruin, ruination, wreckage |
| Main Entry: | downfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, ruin |
Synonyms: |
atrophy, bane, breakdown, cloudburst, collapse, comedown, comeuppance, debacle, decadence, declension, degeneracy, degeneration, deluge, descent, destruction, deterioration, devolution, discomfiture, down, drop, failure, fall, flood, on the rocks, overthrow, rack and ruin, road to ruin, ruination, storm, the skids, undoing |
Antonyms: |
accomplishment, ascent, rise, success |
| Main Entry: | havoc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
Synonyms: |
calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, damage, desolation, despoiling, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disorder, disruption, loss, mayhem, plunder, rack and ruin, ravages, ruination, shambles, vandalism, waste, wreck, wreckage |
Antonyms: |
peace |