| 1. destruction; remains of a collapsed structure; downfall, collapse. destroy, demolish; spoil, mutilate, damage. ruinruin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. ruined ;p. pr. & vb. n. ruining.] [cf. f. ruiner, ll. ruinare. see: ruin, n.] to bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow. this mortal house i'll ruin. by thee raised, i ruin all my foes. the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. by the fireside there are old men seated, seeling ruined cities in the ashes.ruin ruin , n. [oe. ruine, f. ruine, fr. l. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.] |
