 ruined |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] destroyed physically or morally | |
| Synonyms: | destroyed | |
| Related terms: | lost | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] brought to ruin | |
| Synonyms: | finished | |
| Examples: | "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished" "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically" |
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| Related terms: | destroyed | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] doomed to extinction | |
| Synonyms: | sunk undone washed-up done_for | |
| Related terms: | unsuccessful | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] made uninhabitable | |
| Synonyms: | desolate desolated devastated ravaged wasted blasted | |
| Examples: | "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare "a wasted landscape" |
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| Related terms: | destroyed | |
| Similar spelling: |
Ruanda runt runty |
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