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| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation of devastation |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, bane, bankruptcy, bath, breakdown, collapse, confusion, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, demolition, destitution, destruction, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, extinction, failure, fall, havoc, loss, nemesis, overthrow, subversion, undoing, waste, waterloo, wreck, wreckage, crackup, degeneration, insolvency, ruination, skids, the end |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, development, growth |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bust, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, desecrate, despoil, devour, disfigure, do in*, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, total, wipe out*, wrack, wreck, bring to ruin, clean out, depredate, dilapidate, lay waste, make a mess of, pauperize, spoilate, use up, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, develop, grow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, remains, residue, rubble, vestiges, wreck, wreckage, relics, remnants, traces |
| Main Entry: | annihilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy completely |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in*, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, rub out*, ruin, slaughter, undo, vitiate, wipe out*, wrack*, wreck, blot out*, finish off, root out*, take out* |
| Antonyms: | help, preserve, revive, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old object, often of great value |
| Synonyms: | antiquity, artifact, bygone, heirloom, monument, objet d'art, rarity, relic, ruin, vestige |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into*, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause of misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, blight, burden, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe, bête noir, fatal attraction, ruination |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | bankruptcy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | Chapter 11*, default, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, lack, loss, nonpayment, privation, repudiation, ruin, defalcation, destituteness, insolvency, liquidation, overdraft, pauperism, ruination |
| Antonyms: | richness, solvency, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
| Synonyms: | assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck, contuse |
| Main Entry: | bilk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, circumvent, con, deceive, defraud, disappoint, do*, fleece*, flimflam*, foil, frustrate, gyp*, overreach, rook*, ruin, snow*, swindle, thwart, trick |
| Antonyms: | give, give away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
| Synonyms: | blow*, boggle*, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher*, distort, err, flounder, flub*, fumble, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, ruin, screw up*, spoil, stumble, wreck, bobble, bollix, fall down*, goof up*, gum up, louse up, miscompute, misconjecture, muck up*, pull a boner |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bungle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder, mess up |
| Synonyms: | boggle, botch, butcher*, err, flub, foul up*, fudge*, fumble, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, muff*, ruin, screw up*, spoil, ball up, drop the ball, goof up*, gum up, louse up, make a mess of |
| Antonyms: | fix, manage, succeed, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, trial, tribulation, visitation, waterloo*, woe, wreck, wretchedness, blue ruin, holy mess, the worst, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate, animalize, bestialize, envenom |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch*, curtains*, debacle, deluge, disturbance, flood, flooding, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, upheaval, waterloo*, woe, double trouble, holy mess, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | boon, happiness, miracle, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lower, mar, minimize, reduce, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off, beat down, lose value, mark down, render worthless |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | collision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender*, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup*, rap, ruin, shock, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck, demolishment, head-on, sideswipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comedown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letdown, blow |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, decline, defeat, descent, disappointment, discomfiture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, flop*, humiliation, reverse, ruin, setback, undoing, wreck, cropper, deflation, demotion, pratfall |
| Antonyms: | ascent, boon, boost, fortune, promotion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devouring; use |
| Synonyms: | burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, waste, wear and tear, drinking, using up, utilization |
| Antonyms: | starvation, fasting |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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