ruinate
verb/ˈɹuːɪneɪt/UK
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin ruino.
- derived from ruino
Definitions
To reduce to ruins
To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
- Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].
- […] as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
To fall
To fall; to tumble.
Falling into ruin
Falling into ruin; decrepit.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ruinate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA