[ UK /ɹˌuːɪnˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
    you have brought ruin on this entire family
  2. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
  3. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
  4. an event that results in destruction
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How To Use ruination In A Sentence

  • We could have stalled the ruination of thousands of small production units if we had paid heed to the plea of a level-playing field.
  • For those without it, drink spells only ruination and confusion.
  • And Morel, the third star of the film, proves that the success of Taken was no fluke and that while the diehard Dune fans may be entering ulcer city right now, the rest of us may be witnessing the birth of a new kind of genre blockbuster helmer — the anti-Michael Bay, perhaps, in that he guiltlessly eschews dwelling on things like character and story, but not to the point of ruination. From Paris With Love Review | CurveHouse.com
  • We must find out what their weak points are, and then allow their weaknesses to be their ruination.
  • It may be possible, she says, to help such opportunists by training them to control their impulses and to think through the consequences of their behaviour: prison, the hurt to family and friends, the ruination of their own lives.
  • Its loose structure is concerned less with broad narrative arcs than with random, largely comic snapshots of ruination.
  • Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside.
  • There were no thanks, no acknowledgments, just a pointed few words on how the collapse of marriage could bring ruination to society.
  • It's not a liberal idea that will cause the ruination of civilization.
  • Those students who had to borrow to get the money to pay their fees in the first place, faced the loss of their homes and ruination of their families to try to protect their rights.
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