what does ruination mean?
RUINATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- destruction achieved by wrecking something
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Hypernyms(s) ruination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
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Hypernyms(s) ruination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an event that results in destruction
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Hypernyms(s) ruination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
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Usage Example(s)
- you have brought ruin on this entire family
Hypernyms(s) ruination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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