ruination
pronunciation
How to pronounce ruination in British English:
UK [ˌru:ɪˈneɪʃn]
How to pronounce ruination in American English:
US [ˌruəˈneʃən]
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- Noun:
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- destruction achieved by wrecking something
Word Origin
- ruination (n.)
- 1660s, from verb ruinate "to go to ruin" (1540s), from Medieval Latin ruinatus, past participle of ruinare, from Latin ruina (see ruin (n.)).
Example
- 1. The ruination of his life .
- 2. You 'll be the ruination of me !
- 3. Most are smallholders , who fall easily into debt , and a dry summer can mean ruination .
- 4. The olive is spoken of as the ruination of martini .
- 5. And the uncertainty is spiking the efforts of tendai biti , the mdc man who is the unity government 's finance minister , to secure the foreign cash the country sorely needs to recover from mr mugabe 's ruination of the economy .