Ruin synonyms

Ruin synonyms such as bring someone to their knees, damage, debris, waterloo, blast, banjax, bankrupt, and break. Ruin is a noun, and its antonyms are reconstruction and preservation. Additionally, here are 116 synonyms and nearby words for ruin as well as words beginning with R, and Ru.

116 synonyms for ruin

1. disintegration

decay
decrepitude
demolition
devastation
dilapidation
disintegration
disrepair
falling to pieces
ruination
wreckage

2. remains

debris
detritus
fragments
relics
remainder
remains
remnants
rubble
wreck
wreckage

3. downfall

Waterloo
bankruptcy
beggary
break-up
calamity
defeat
destitution
devastation
disintegration
financial failure
impoverishment
indigence
insolvency
labefaction
mendicity
overthrow
pauperdom
pauperism
penury
ruination
undoing

4. destroy

blast
crush
demolish
flatten
lay waste
leave desolate
leave in ruins
ravage
raze
wipe out
wreak havoc on
wreck

5. wreck

banjax
blast
blight
blow a hole in
bring to naught
cock up
dash
dish
do for
euchre
foul up
injure
louse up
make a mess of
mar
mess up
muller
nix
poison
put the kibosh on
reduce to nothing
sabotage
scotch
screw up
scupper
shatter
smash
spoil
torpedo
wreak havoc on
wreck

6. bankrupt

bankrupt
beggar
bring someone to their knees
bring to ruin
cause to go bankrupt
cripple
impoverish
make bankrupt
make insolvent
pauperize
reduce to penury/destitution
wipe out

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