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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |B1|SPEAKING vocabularyru‧in /ˈruːən, ˈruːɪn/ verb [transitive]
ruin noun
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ورشکستگی، نابودی، خرابی، خرابه، ویرانه، تباهی، فنا کردن، فاسد کردن، علوم مهندسی: منهدم کردن، بازرگانی: از بین رفتن، فاسد شدن
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Synonyms & Related Wordsruin[verb]Synonyms:- destroy, crush, defeat, demolish, devastate, lay waste, smash, wreck
- bankrupt, impoverish, pauperize
- spoil, blow
(slang), botch, damage, make a mess of, mess up, screw up
(informal)[noun]Synonyms:- destruction, breakdown, collapse, defeat, devastation, downfall, fall, undoing, wreck
- disrepair, decay, disintegration, ruination, wreckage
- bankruptcy, destitution, insolvency
Antonyms: restore
Contrasted words: rebuilding, reconstruction, re-creation, rebuild, renew, restore, reclaim, redeem, retrieve, salvage
Related Idioms: play hob (
or the devil) with, go under, lose one's shirt (
or pants), take to the cleaners
Related Words: crumbling,
disintegration,
break up,
dissolution,
disrepair,
wreck,
deface,
disfigure,
maim,
mangle,
mutilate,
depredate,
desecrate,
desolate,
despoil,
devastate,
devour,
pillage,
sack,
spoliate,
waste,
corrupt,
debase,
degenerate,
vitiate,
beggar,
clean out,
deplete,
drain,
draw,
draw down,
exhaust,
use up,
wipe (out),
reduce
English Thesaurus: bitter, sharp, sour, acidic, tangy, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. ru‧in1 S3 /ˈruːən, ˈruːɪn/
verb [transitive]1. to spoil or destroy something completely:
This illness has ruined my life. His career would be ruined. All this mud’s going to ruin my shoes.2. to make someone lose all their money:
Jefferson was ruined by the lawsuit. ⇒
ruined [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. ruin2 noun[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: ruine, from Latin ruina]
1. [uncountable] a situation in which you have lost all your money, your social position, or the good opinion that people had about you:
small businesses facing financial ruinbe on the road to ruin (=be doing something that will make you lose your money, position etc)2. [countable] (
also ruins) the part of a building that is left after the rest has been destroyed:
an interesting old ruin the ruins of a bombed-out office block3. the ruins of something the parts of something such as an organization, system, or set of ideas that remain after the rest have been destroyed:
the ruins of a government that once held so much promise4. be/lie in ruins a) if a building is in ruins, it has fallen down or been badly damaged
b) if someone’s life, a country’s
economy etc is in ruins, it is affected by very great problems:
Her marriage was in ruins.5. fall into ruin (
also go to ruin) if something falls into ruin, it gets damaged or destroyed because no one is taking care of it:
He had let the farm go to ruin.6. be the ruin of somebody to make someone lose all their money, their good health, the good opinion that other people have of them etc:
Drinking was the ruin of him. ⇒
go to rack and ruin at
rack1(4)
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Collocationsruin nounI. spoilt state ADJ. complete, utter VERB + RUIN fall into, go to The cottage gradually fell into ruin. PHRASES be the ruin of sb/sth Drink has been the ruin of her.
go to rack and ruin They've let the house go to rack and ruin. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
ruin II. end of success, hopes, etc. ADJ. economic, financial | political VERB + RUIN face The company faces ruin over the new road plans.
bring, lead to, mean, spell The cost would have meant financial ruin for us.
save from PHRASES on the brink/verge of ruin, the road to ruin He's on the road to political ruin. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
ruin III. damaged building, town, etc. ADJ. ancient | charred, smoking the charred ruins of their home
abbey, castle, etc. VERB + RUIN be/lie in ~ The church now lies in ruins.
leave sth in ~ The earthquake left the town in ruins. PREP. ~s of the ancient ruins of Jericho [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
ruin verb ADV. completely, quite, totally The experience has completely ruined her life.
nearly | partly | effectively | financially The long legal battle ruined him financially. VERB + RUIN threaten to A knee injury threatened to ruin her Olympic hopes.
be going to All this mud is going to ruin my shoes. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Thesaurusbitter having a strong sharp taste that is not sweet, like black coffee without sugar - used especially about chocolate, medicine etc:
The dessert is made with a slightly bitter chocolate. Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste. The medicine tasted bitter. As the lettuce gets older, the leaves become more bitter.sharp having a taste that makes your tongue sting slightly:
Rhubarb has quite a sharp taste. The cheese has a pleasing colour and a pleasantly sharp flavour.sour having a usually unpleasant sharp acid taste, like the taste of a lemon, or a fruit that is not ready to be eaten – used especially about fruit, or about liquids that have gone bad:
Some people say that the purpose of the lemon’s sour taste is to stop the fruit being eaten by animals. Rachel sampled the wine. It was sour.acidic very sour – used especially about liquids or things made with fruits such as oranges, lemons, or grapes:
Some fruit juices taste a bit acidic.tangy having a taste that is pleasantly strong or sharp, and that often tastes a little sweet as well:
The ribs are cooked in a tangy barbecue sauce.tart having a taste that lacks sweetness – used especially about fruit such as apples, which you need to add sugar to:
The pudding had rather a tart flavour. The trees were covered with tart wild plums.spoil to have a bad effect on something so that it is much less attractive, enjoyable etc:
New housing developments are spoiling the countryside. The bad weather completely spoiled our holiday.ruin to spoil something completely and permanently:
Using harsh soap to wash your face can ruin your skin. The argument ruined the evening for me.mar written to spoil something by making it less attractive or enjoyable:
His handsome Arab features were marred by a long scar across his face. Outbreaks of fighting marred the New Year celebrations.detract from something to slightly spoil something that is generally very good, beautiful, or impressive:
The huge number of tourists rather detracts from the city’s appeal. There were a few minor irritations, but this did not detract from our enjoyment of the holiday.undermine to spoil something that you have been trying to achieve:
The bombings undermined several months of careful negotiations.poison to spoil a close relationship completely, so that people can no longer trust each other:
Their marriage was poisoned by a terrible dark secret.mess something up informal to spoil something important or something that has been carefully planned:
If there’s any delay, it will mess up our whole schedule. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
destroy to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired:
The earthquake almost completely destroyed the city. The twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack.devastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it:
Allied bombings in 1943 devastated the city. The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting.demolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident:
The original 15th century house was demolished in Victorian times. The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings.flatten to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing:
The town centre was flattened by a 500 lb bomb.wreck to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building:
The toilets had been wrecked by vandals. They just wrecked the place.trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc:
Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs.obliterate formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains:
The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima.reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes to destroy a building or town completely:
The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War.ruin to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed:
Fungus may ruin the crop. The new houses will ruin the view.accident an event in which a vehicle is damaged and often someone is hurt:
Her father died in a car accident. Hugh had an accident on his way to work.crash a serious accident in which a vehicle hits something else:
Rees-Jones was the only person to survive the crash. a car/plane/train crash He was killed in a plane crash.collision an accident in which two or more cars, trains etc hit each other:
His car was involved in a collision with a train. ⇒
a head-on collision (=between vehicles that are driving towards each other):
The actor was killed in a head-on collision while driving his new sports car.disaster a serious accident involving a train, plane, or boat, in which a lot of people are killed or injured:
It was Britain’s worst air disaster.pile-up an accident that involves several cars or trucks:
The pile-up happened in thick fog. There was a 12-car pile-up on the motorway.fender-bender American English informal, prang British English informal a car accident in which little damage is done:
Atkinson was involved in a fender-bender in the hotel parking lot. At 15, he borrowed his parents’ car and had a prang. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
rubbish especially British English things that people throw away, such as old food, dirty paper etc:
People are being encouraged to recycle their household rubbish. the rubbish bingarbage/trash American English rubbish:
The garbage is collected every Tuesday. There were piles of trash in the backyard. a black plastic garbage bagrefuse formal rubbish:
The strike has disrupted refuse collection. It’s a site which is used for domestic refuse.litter empty bottles, pieces of paper etc that people have dropped on the ground:
Parents should teach children not to drop litter. There was a lot of litter on the beach.waste rubbish, or materials that need to be dealt with after they have been used in industrial processes:
nuclear waste toxic waste household waste The company was fined for dumping toxic waste in the sea.destroy to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired:
The earthquake almost completely destroyed the city. The twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack.devastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it:
Allied bombings in 1943 devastated the city. The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting.demolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident:
The original 15th century house was demolished in Victorian times. The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings.flatten to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing:
The town centre was flattened by a 500 lb bomb.wreck to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building:
The toilets had been wrecked by vandals. They just wrecked the place.trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc:
Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs.obliterate formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains:
The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima.reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes to destroy a building or town completely:
The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War.ruin to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed:
Fungus may ruin the crop. The new houses will ruin the view. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
spoil to have a bad effect on something so that it is much less attractive, enjoyable etc:
New housing developments are spoiling the countryside. The bad weather completely spoiled our holiday.ruin to spoil something completely and permanently:
Using harsh soap to wash your face can ruin your skin. The argument ruined the evening for me.mar written to spoil something by making it less attractive or enjoyable:
His handsome Arab features were marred by a long scar across his face. Outbreaks of fighting marred the New Year celebrations.detract from something to slightly spoil something that is generally very good, beautiful, or impressive:
The huge number of tourists rather detracts from the city’s appeal. There were a few minor irritations, but this did not detract from our enjoyment of the holiday.undermine to spoil something that you have been trying to achieve:
The bombings undermined several months of careful negotiations.sour to spoil a friendly relationship between people or countries:
The affair has soured relations between the UK and Russia.poison to spoil a close relationship completely, so that people can no longer trust each other:
Their marriage was poisoned by a terrible dark secret.mess something up informal to spoil something important or something that has been carefully planned:
If there’s any delay, it will mess up our whole schedule. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲