| ruin | | |
| n. (state) | 1. ruin, ruination | an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction.; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" |
| ~ desolation, devastation | the state of being decayed or destroyed. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. ruin | a ruined building.; "they explored several Roman ruins" |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| n. (process) | 3. dilapidation, ruin | the process of becoming dilapidated. |
| ~ decay | the process of gradually becoming inferior. |
| n. (event) | 4. ruin, ruination | an event that results in destruction. |
| ~ demolition, wipeout, destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| ~ devastation, desolation | an event that results in total destruction. |
| ~ shipwreck | an irretrievable loss.; "that was the shipwreck of their romance" |
| n. (event) | 5. downfall, ruin, ruination | failure that results in a loss of position or reputation. |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| ~ finish | the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict).; "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish" |
| n. (act) | 6. laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. |
| ~ destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| v. (contact) | 7. destroy, ruin | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| ~ burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| ~ devastate, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge, waste | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" |
| ~ ravage, harry | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes. |
| ~ break | find a flaw in.; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" |
| ~ bust, break | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| ~ vandalise, vandalize | destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.; "vandalize the park" |
| ~ do a job on | destroy completely or make ugly or useless.; "The dog did a job on my pillow"; "The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown" |
| ~ subvert | destroy completely.; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis" |
| ~ get | overcome or destroy.; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" |
| ~ devour | destroy completely.; "Fire had devoured our home" |
| ~ despoil, rape, plunder, violate, spoil | destroy and strip of its possession.; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
| ~ explode | destroy by exploding.; "The enemy exploded the bridge" |
| ~ consume | destroy completely.; "The fire consumed the building" |
| ~ shipwreck | destroy a ship.; "The vessel was shipwrecked" |
| ~ bust up, wrack, wreck | smash or break forcefully.; "The kid busted up the car" |
| ~ kick down, kick in | open violently.; "kick in the doors" |
| ~ wash out | wear or destroy by the force of water.; "The hail storms had washed out the bridges" |
| v. (social) | 8. ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| ~ frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart, baffle, bilk, foil, cross, spoil | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" |
| ~ undo | cause the ruin or downfall of.; "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign" |
| ~ break | cause the failure or ruin of.; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" |
| ~ shipwreck | ruin utterly.; "You have shipwrecked my career" |
| v. (possession) | 9. bankrupt, break, ruin, smash | reduce to bankruptcy.; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| v. (contact) | 10. ruin | reduce to ruins.; "The country lay ruined after the war" |
| ~ devastate, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge, waste | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" |
| v. (contact) | 11. deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity.; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (change) | 12. ruin | fall into ruin. |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| collapse | | |
| n. (state) | 1. collapse, prostration | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion.; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men" |
| ~ illness, sickness, unwellness, malady | impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. |
| ~ crack-up, breakdown | a mental or physical breakdown. |
| ~ shock | (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor.; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock" |
| ~ heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke | collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat. |
| ~ algidity | prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure. |
| n. (event) | 2. collapse | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in.; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ cave in, subsidence | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it. |
| ~ debacle, fiasco | a sudden and violent collapse. |
| ~ implosion | a sudden inward collapse.; "the implosion of a light bulb" |
| n. (act) | 3. collapse, flop | the act of throwing yourself down.; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" |
| ~ descent | the act of changing your location in a downward direction. |
| n. (event) | 4. collapse, crash | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| v. (motion) | 5. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ implode, go off | burst inward.; "The bottle imploded" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ buckle, crumple | fold or collapse.; "His knees buckled" |
| ~ flop | fall loosely.; "He flopped into a chair" |
| ~ break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ slide down, slump, sink | fall or sink heavily.; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" |
| ~ collapse, burst | cause to burst.; "The ice broke the pipe" |
| v. (body) | 6. break down, collapse | collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack. |
| ~ drop like flies | rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers.; "the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees" |
| ~ fall over, go over | fall forward and down.; "The old woman went over without a sound" |
| ~ suffer, sustain, have, get | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" |
| v. (motion) | 7. collapse | fold or close up.; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ deflate | collapse by releasing contained air or gas.; "deflate a balloon" |
| ~ concertina | collapse like a concertina. |
| v. (motion) | 8. break down, collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble | fall apart.; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| v. (motion) | 9. burst, collapse | cause to burst.; "The ice broke the pipe" |
| ~ pop | cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound.; "The child popped the balloon" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| v. (emotion) | 10. break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up | suffer a nervous breakdown. |
| ~ suffer, sustain, have, get | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" |
| v. (change) | 11. collapse | lose significance, effectiveness, or value.; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| demolish | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. demolish, pulverise, pulverize | destroy completely.; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. crush, demolish, smash | humiliate or depress completely.; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" |
| ~ abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| v. (competition) | 3. demolish, destroy | defeat soundly.; "The home team demolished the visitors" |
| ~ smash | overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful).; "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off" |
| ~ swallow | engulf and destroy.; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" |
| ~ cut to ribbons | defeat totally.; "We must cut the other team to ribbons!" |
| ~ defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
| raze | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground.; "The building was levelled" |
| ~ bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer. |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
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