noun
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the act of ruining or the state of being ruined
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something that causes ruin
Etymology
Origin of ruination
Vocabulary lists containing ruination
Example Sentences
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When Stone Brewing released an enormously hopped IPA in 2012 to celebrate the anniversary of its Ruination IPA, it was billed as “Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2015
Stone, the largest craft brewery in Southern California and still expanding, is known for its signature brews, with nose-thumbing names like Arrogant Bastard Ale and Ruination IPA.
From New York Times • May 25, 2012
"Ruination, Philp tells me—that's if you choose to believe Philp."
From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
At the moment he resembled a window-dresser, or, rather, one of those high-salaried artists who beautify the great establishments of Regent Street, the Rue de la Paix, and Ruination Avenue, New York.
From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax
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