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ruiner

  • a word derived from ruin.

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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

There was a ruined uncle in the family group, ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, on whom Fanny's protection devolved.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

"My enemy! my rival! ruiner of my hopes!—/my brother/!—/my twin brother/!"

From Devereux — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron