vverb.contactdestroy completely; damage irreparablySynset:destroy ruin
Examples:- You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
- The tears ruined her make-up
Derivationally Related Form:ruinerdestroyerdestructibleruinruiningdestructionruination
Inherited Hypernyms:destroy
Direct Hyponyms:breakburnburn downbustbust upconsumedesolatedespoildevastatedevourdo a job onexplodefiregetharrykick downkick inlay waste toplunderraperavagescourgeshipwreckspoilsubvertvandalisevandalizeviolatewash outwastewrackwreck
Full Troponyms:backfirebreakbreak downburnbust upconsumecrematedevourdo a job onexplodegetharrykeykick inlay waste toraperuinscorchshipwrecksubverttorchvandalizewash out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.socialdestroy or cause to failExamples:- This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election
Derivationally Related Form:ruinerruin
Hypernyms:baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart
Inherited Hypernyms:ruinthwartprevent
Direct Hyponyms:breakshipwreckundo
Full Troponyms:breakshipwreckundo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionreduce to bankruptcySynset:bankrupt break ruin smash
Examples:- My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
- The slump in the financial markets smashed him
Derivationally Related Form:bankruptcy
Hypernyms:impoverish
Inherited Hypernyms:bankruptimpoverishdeprivewithholddenykeephave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contactreduce to ruinsExamples:- The country lay ruined after the war
Derivationally Related Form:ruinerruiningruinationruin
Hypernyms:desolate devastate lay waste to ravage scourge waste
Inherited Hypernyms:ruinlay waste todestroy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactdeprive of virginitySynset:deflower ruin
Examples:- This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village
Derivationally Related Form:defloration
Hypernyms:copulate couple mate pair
Inherited Hypernyms:deflowercopulatejoinconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changefall into ruinDerivationally Related Form:ruin
Hypernyms:crumble decay dilapidate
Inherited Hypernyms:ruindecaychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.alldestroyed physically or morallySynset:destroyed
Antonyms:saved
Inherited Hypernyms:destroyed
Similar to:lost
adj satadj.alldoomed to extinctionSynset:done for sunk undone washed-up
Antonyms:successful
Inherited Hypernyms:done for
Similar to:unsuccessful
adj satadj.allbrought to ruinSynset:finished
Examples:- after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
- the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically
Antonyms:preserved
Inherited Hypernyms:finished
Similar to:destroyed