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- Dictionaryru·in·a·tion/ˌro͞oəˈnāSHən/
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- 1. the action or fact of ruining someone or something or of being ruined: "commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people"
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The meaning of RUINATION is ruin, destruction. How to use ruination in a sentence.
noun [ U ] old-fashioned uk / ˌruː.ɪˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / us / ˌruː.əˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. destruction: Alcohol was the ruination of him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Destroying and demolishing. annihilate. annihilation. apocalypse. bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of something idiom. costly. dynamite.
Definitions of ruination. noun. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruining, wrecking. see more. noun. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction. synonyms: ruin. see more. noun. an event that results in destruction. synonyms: ruin. see more. noun.
Ruination definition: the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined. . See examples of RUINATION used in a sentence.
The ruination of someone or something is the act of ruining them or the process of being ruined.
noun [ U ] old-fashioned us / ˌruː.əˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / uk / ˌruː.ɪˈneɪ.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. destruction: Alcohol was the ruination of him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Destroying and demolishing. annihilate. annihilation. apocalypse. bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of something idiom. costly. dynamite.
Ruination definition: The act of ruining or the condition of being ruined.
Ruination. (See also THWARTING .) cut the ground from under To disprove or invalidate someone’s argument, case, position, etc., by demonstrating that it has no foundation in fact; to devastate someone by destroying his belief in an idea or his faith in a person.
noun. /ˌruːɪˈneɪʃn/ [uncountable] (formal) the process of destroying something/somebody or being destroyed synonym destruction. Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside. Alcohol will be the ruination of him. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
RUINATION meaning: the act or process of destroying something.
