Ruin
Disintegration
Synonyms: Disintegration, disrepair, falling to pieces, ruination, devastation, demolition, decay, dilapidation, decrepitude, destruction, damage, and wreckage.
Remains
Synonyms: Remains, fragments, remainder, debris, wreckage, remnants, relics, rubble, detritus, and wreck.
Downfall
Synonyms: Downfall, defeat, undoing, failure, break-up, devastation, Waterloo, bankruptcy, penury, destitution, indigence, financial failure, catastrophe, pauperism, mendicity, collapse, overthrow, fall, breakdown, disintegration, ruination, labefaction, insolvency, poverty, impoverishment, beggary, disaster, calamity, and pauperdom.
Destroy
Synonyms: Destroy, lay waste, wreak havoc on, leave desolate, demolish, wreck, flatten, crush, devastate, leave in ruins, ravage, raze, blast, wipe out, level, and waste.
Wreck
Synonyms: Wreck, devastate, reduce to nothing, spoil, injure, blight, shatter, torpedo, make a mess of, sabotage, louse up, foul up, banjax, blow a hole in, scupper, dish, euchre, bring to naught, destroy, wreak havoc on, damage, mar, blast, smash, dash, scotch, mess up, poison, screw up, put the kibosh on, do for, nix, cock up, muller, and cruel.
Bankrupt
Synonyms: Bankrupt, cause to go bankrupt, impoverish, bring to ruin, wipe out, cripple, beggar, make bankrupt, make insolvent, reduce to penury/destitution, bring someone to their knees, break, and pauperize.
Example Sentences
The rain could ruin our picnic.
Don’t ruin your chances by procrastinating.
He feared it would ruin everything.
They tried to ruin her reputation.