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English Dictionary: ruined	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruined adj destroyed physically or morally [syn: destroyed, ruined] doomed to extinction Synonym(s): done for(p), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically" Synonym(s): finished, ruined
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruined};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruining}.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See {Ruin}, n.] To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow. this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak. By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton. The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. --Franklin. By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.