ruinate

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Pronunciation

/ˈɹuːɪneɪt/ (UK)

Definition of ruinate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(archaic, transitive)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.”

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verb

(archaic, transitive)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.”
(intransitive)To fall; to tumble.

adj

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

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