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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruined};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ruining}.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See {Ruin}, n.]
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty
or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to
overthrow.
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this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.
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By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.
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The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
--Franklin.
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By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruined
adj 1: destroyed physically or morally [syn: {destroyed},
{ruined}]
2: doomed to extinction [syn: {done for(p)}, {ruined}, {sunk},
{undone}, {washed-up}]
3: brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was
finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined
politically and economically" [syn: {finished}, {ruined}]
From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:
ruined [ruːind]
abgewirtschaftet; zerstörte
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