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ruination

/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/

ruination noun: the state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.

Noun

ruination (countable and uncountable, plural ruinations)

  1. The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
    • As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56
  2. The act of ruining or wrecking.
  3. The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.
  4. A loss of reputation.
    • Yet also thanks largely to Trump, a parallel disaster is unfolding across the world: the ruination of America’s reputation as a safe, trustworthy, competent international leader and partner.2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian

ruination meaning in Tamil and Urdu

ruination in Tamil

அழிவு

ruination in Urdu

بربادی, خستگی

Synonyms of ruination

Antonyms

Forms of ruination

pluralruinations

Origin of ruination

From ruin + -ation.

Questions about ruination

What does ruination mean?
Ruination means the state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
What is ruination in Tamil?
Ruination in Tamil is அழிவு. See Ruination meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ruination?
Ruination is a noun.
How do you pronounce ruination?
Ruination is pronounced /ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/.
What is the plural of ruination?
The plural of ruination is ruinations.

Words near ruination in the dictionary

  1. ruinable
  2. ruinate
  3. ruinated
  4. ruinates
  5. ruinating
  6. ruination
  7. ruinations
  8. ruinatious
  9. ruinator
  10. ruinators
  11. ruine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruination (page history and authors); ruination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ruination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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