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ruinations

ruinations is the plural of ruination.

Meaning of ruination

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

Questions about ruinations

What is ruinations the plural of?
Ruinations is the plural of ruination.

Words near ruinations in the dictionary

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

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