ruin
noun
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay.
ruiner
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a word derived from
ruin.
Example Sentences
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It was less a destroyer of worlds and more of a regional ruiner.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Q. Birthday ruiner: I think I behaved badly last night.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2016
They took away Roger Ailes' BlackBerry Esquire's profile of Fox News architect and longtime ruiner of America Roger Ailes is a great read.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2011
"My enemy! my rival! ruiner of my hopes!—my brother!—my twin brother!"
From Devereux — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
He is the enemy of conjugal love, and is the Jupiter of the Greeks, an iron-hearted tyrant, the ruiner of ancient Greece.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
