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ruiner

ruiner noun: someone who ruins.

Noun

ruiner (plural ruiners)

  1. Someone who ruins.
    • There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    destroyer, wrecker

Synonyms of ruiner

Antonyms

Forms of ruiner

pluralruiners

Origin of ruiner

From ruin + -er.

Questions about ruiner

What does ruiner mean?
Ruiner means someone who ruins.
What part of speech is ruiner?
Ruiner is a noun.
What is the plural of ruiner?
The plural of ruiner is ruiners.

Words near ruiner in the dictionary

  1. ruinators
  2. ruine
  3. ruined
  4. ruined orgasm
  5. Ruinenlust
  6. ruiner
  7. ruiners
  8. ruinest
  9. ruineth
  10. ruing
  11. ruing the day

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