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      "phonetic": [
        "ruən",
        "ruɪn"
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      "etymologies": [
        "From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”)."
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              "mean": "(countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.\n1705,  J Addison,  Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London:    Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:\nThe Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.\na. 1812,  Joseph Stevens Buckminster,  sermon:The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.\n1963,  Margery Allingham,  “Foreword”, in  The China Governess‎:A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.\n2008,  BioWare,  Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:Dr. Manuel: No one is saved. The age of humanity is ended. Soon, only ruin and corpses will remain."
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              "mean": "(uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.\nThe monastery has fallen into ruin."
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              "mean": "(uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.\nGambling has been the ruin of many.\n1625,  Francis ,  “Of Youth and Age”, in  The Essayes , 3rd edition, London:    Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:The errors of young men are the ruin of business.\n1920,  Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood,  chapter I, in  The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:The Bat—they called him the Bat. . He  played a lone hand, . Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her."
            },
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              "mean": "The act of ruining something."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) A fall or tumble.\n,  Homer,  “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. , London:    Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC;   The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, , volume (please specify the book number), new edition, London: Charles Knight and Co., , 1843, →OCLC:His ruin startled th' other steeds."
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              "mean": "A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.\nthe ruin of a ship or an army;  the ruin of a constitution or a government;  the ruin of health or hopes\n1768,  Thomas Gray,  The Bard:Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!"
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              "mean": "(uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.\nWith all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!\n1881–1882,  Robert Louis Stevenson,  Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted..."
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              "mean": "To destroy or make something no longer usable.\nHe ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.\n1857, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Mile-Stone\nBy the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes."
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              "mean": "To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.\nMy car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation."
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              "mean": "To make something less enjoyable or likeable.\nI used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me."
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              "mean": "To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.\n1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalmes and upon the Hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments\nThough he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell"
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              "mean": "(transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.\nThe young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls."
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              "mean": "ruin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G.  C. Merriam, 1913\nruin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911\nruin at OneLook Dictionary Search"
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