ruined Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb destroy completely; damage irreparably
   destroy; ruin.
   
   • You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
   • The tears ruined her make-up
2. verb destroy or cause to fail
   ruin.
   
   • This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election
3. verb reduce to bankruptcy
   break; smash; ruin; bankrupt.
   
   • My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
   • The slump in the financial markets smashed him
4. verb reduce to ruins
   ruin.
   
   • The country lay ruined after the war
5. verb deprive of virginity
   ruin; deflower.
   
   • This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village
6. verb fall into ruin
   ruin.
   
7. adjective satellite destroyed physically or morally
   destroyed.
   
8. adjective satellite doomed to extinction
   done for; sunk; undone; washed-up.
   
9. adjective satellite brought to ruin
   finished.
   
   • after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
   • the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically

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