Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of ruin.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. doomed to extinction
- adj. destroyed physically or morally
- adj. brought to ruin
Examples
“Alan took a chip in the neck and it opened up a small cut that nevertheless bled copiously and ruined, * ruined* his favorite T-shirt, with Snoopy sitting atop his doghouse in an aviator's helmet, firing an imaginary machine gun at the cursed Red Baron.”
“Badly chosen baby names can lead to low self-esteem, low education and more smoking: study Most people would rather be single than date someone with an 'unfortunate' name, research shows Amanda Mikelberg / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Think your name ruined your life?”
“He was innocent of the first problem; the rain ruined their scheduled activities at the new park, a square block of reclaimed grassland from the surrounding urban waste.”
“Because yes, I've been away, and while we're on it - they friggin 'ruined the Enchanted Tiki House.”
“They've once again ruined a great piece of children's literature by 'dumbing down' the material for kids. lilme”
“Women who commune with trees and others in ruined temples are best avoided.”
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“Transformers was good … maybe it was not as some people expected … but still a good movie … shero on May 29, 2008 meh, to say he (Ratner) ruined the X-men franchise is excessive, in my humbled opinion those movies were ruined from the start and Bryan Singer is overrated.”
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“The win ruined the return to Buffalo for Daniel Briere, the former Sabres star who signed an eight-year, $52 million contract with the Flyers during the offseason.”
“It's dripping from my monitor and it's all your fault; your incredible title ruined my morning coffee, alas, alas!”
“He has his negative stolen, his name ruined, his actors abandoned the project and his various rough cuts were rejected by every major festival.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ruined’.
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Arcadia, a play by Tom Stoppard
theodolite, Arcadia, carnal embrace, QED, sin of Onan, Fermat's last the..., landskip, bootboy, yesterday's upsta..., whole numbers, rice pudding, cabbages and 86 more...
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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Journey of a 300-Year-Old House
If you read this in order from top to bottom, the word progression suggests the "lifespan" of a 300-year-old house in Pennsylvania.
national register..., volunteers, storage, visitors, library, curator, quarters, caretaker, hardware, beam, chamfered, joists and 42 more...
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I am
considering, ruined, troubled, worried, frustrated, negative, depressing, depressed, depression, sick, exhausted, alone and 59 more...
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faded glory
days of yore, once upon a time, obsolete, passé, cliché, démodé, jaded, former glory, bygone, ruined, ancient, decrepit and 45 more...
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Myst's list
What is redundant?
poetic, mystique, bare, tragic, excoriate, maple, siamese, shallow, minnow, devious, mortify, kismet and 25 more...
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Playground Completed Despite Rain - S...
Words from this news story:
http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&t...despite, slide, sandbox, organizer, material, extremely, project, ruined, tunnels, rebuilt, built, completed and 2 more...
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Regency romance
bombazine, sprigged muslin, adventuress, clocks, neckcloth, pelisse, ruined, phaeton, four in hand, bonnet, sarcenet, faro and 20 more...
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