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| annihilate |
to destroy completely; reduce to ruin. [1/3 definitions] |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. [1/2 definitions] |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| bankruptcy |
a condition of utter failure, ruin, or lack. [1/2 definitions] |
| blast |
to ruin. [1/6 definitions] |
| blight |
to spoil, ruin, or destroy. [1/3 definitions] |
| botch |
to spoil or ruin as a result of clumsy work or poor repairs; bungle. [1/3 definitions] |
| break the bank |
(informal) to bring someone or something to financial ruin. |
| contaminate |
to ruin, infect, or make dirty by touching or adding something harmful. |
| cook one's goose |
(informal) to cause one to lose further opportunity; ruin one's chances; doom one to failure or defeat. |
| damn |
to cause the failure of; ruin. [1/11 definitions] |
| dash |
to make hopeless; ruin. [1/8 definitions] |
| dead duck |
(informal) a person or thing that is too deteriorated or ruined to be helped or saved, or that is sure to suffer ruin or failure. |
| decay |
loss of excellence, health, strength, or the like; state of ruin. [1/8 definitions] |
| demolish |
to put an end to; do away with; ruin; destroy. [1/4 definitions] |
| destroy |
to ruin completely. |
| destruction |
the state of being destroyed; ruin. [2/3 definitions] |
| destructive |
causing complete ruin or destruction. |
| devastate |
to destroy or ruin. [1/2 definitions] |
| devastation |
the act or an instance of destroying or ruining, or the destruction or ruin thus caused. |
| dilapidate |
to let (something) go to ruin or become decayed. [1/2 definitions] |
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