1. An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
   - ruin 
2. An event that results in destruction
   - ruin 
3. Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
   - downfall, ruin 
4. Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
   - laying waste, ruin, ruining, wrecking

Derived forms: ruinations

See also: ruin

Type of: demolition, desolation, destruction, devastation, failure, wipeout

Encyclopedia: Ruination

• employee-owned business
• employee-owned enterprise
• employer
• employment
• employment agency
• employment agent
• employment agreement
• employment contract
• employment interview
• employment office
• emporium
• empower
• empowered
• empowerment
• empress
• emprise
• emptily
• emptiness
• emptor
• empty
• empty nester
• empty talk
• empty tomb
• empty words
• empty-bellied