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ruination|ruːɪˈneɪʃən|
[f. ruinate v.: see -ation.]
The action of ruining; the fact or state of being ruined.
1664Rhode Island Col. Rec. (1857) II. 34 To ye terrour, damage, and ruination of the complaynants. 1786A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscr. III. 142 It may be the ruination of you, besides costing a power of money. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross II. 232, I began to feel a few very conscientious qualms, for having abetted and countenanced such ruination. 1852Reade Peg Woff. (1889) 82 Strong versatility is a very doubtful good, and weak versatility ruination. 1885Dixon Hist. Ch. Eng. III. 417 It was left for posterity..to meet public necessity by private ruination.
attrib.1850Smedley F. Fairleigh xlvii, You'll have a wife to keep soon, and that isn't done for nothing..—pin-money, ruination-shops [etc.]. 1870M. Bridgman R. Lynne II. xiv. 302 He said it was ruination work. |