| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, create, develop, grow |
| Main Entry: | pauperize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggar, botch, break*, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total*, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
| Main Entry: | ruination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruin |
Synonyms: |
bane, bankrupt, beggar, botch, break*, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, destroyer, destruction, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, downfall, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total*, undoing, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrecker |