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
FASHION, Dame, heart breaker, bank account ruiner, and patron saint of French shop-keepers.
From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Irwin Leslie Gordon
"My enemy! my rival! ruiner of my hopes!—/my brother/!—/my twin brother/!"
From Devereux — Volume 01 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
