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Definition of Ruin
Ru´in | n. | 1. | The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. | | 2. | Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes. | | 3. | That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like. | | 4. | The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin. | | 5. | That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish. |
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