half-ruined
ɪn noun
1.
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
2.
a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc.
3.
a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin.
4.
the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything.
5.
the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like.
verb (used with object)
10.
to reduce to ruin; devastate.
11.
to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt.
12.
to injure (a thing) irretrievably.
13.
to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower.
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Half-ruined
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used without object)
14.
to fall into ruins; fall to pieces.
15.
to come to ruin.
Origin:
1325–75; (noun) Middle English ruine < Middle French < Latin ruīna headlong rush, fall, collapse, equivalent to ru(ere) to fall + -īna -ine2; (v.) (< Middle French ruiner) < Medieval Latin ruīnāre, derivative of Latin ruīna
1325–75; (noun) Middle English ruine < Middle French < Latin ruīna headlong rush, fall, collapse, equivalent to ru(ere) to fall + -īna -ine2; (v.) (< Middle French ruiner) < Medieval Latin ruīnāre, derivative of Latin ruīna
Related forms
ru·in·a·ble, adjective
ru·in·er, noun
half-ru·ined, adjective
non·ru·in·a·ble, adjective
self-ru·in, noun
Synonyms
3. Ruin, destruction, havoc imply irrevocable and often widespread damage. Destruction may be on a large or small scale ( destruction of tissue, of enemy vessels ); it emphasizes particularly the act of destroying, while ruin and havoc emphasize the resultant state. Ruin from the verb meaning to fall to pieces, suggests a state of decay or disintegration (or an object in that state) that is apt to be more the result of the natural processes of time and change than of sudden violent activity from without: The house has fallen to ruins. Only in its figurative application is it apt to suggest the result of destruction from without: the ruin of her hopes. Havoc originally a cry that served as the signal for pillaging, has changed its reference from that of spoliation to devastation, being used particularly of the destruction following in the wake of natural calamities: the havoc wrought by flood and pestilence. Today it is used figuratively to refer to the destruction of hopes and plans: This sudden turn of events played havoc with her carefully laid designs. 4. fall, overthrow, defeat, wreck. 10. demolish, destroy, damage. See spoil.
3. Ruin, destruction, havoc imply irrevocable and often widespread damage. Destruction may be on a large or small scale ( destruction of tissue, of enemy vessels ); it emphasizes particularly the act of destroying, while ruin and havoc emphasize the resultant state. Ruin from the verb meaning to fall to pieces, suggests a state of decay or disintegration (or an object in that state) that is apt to be more the result of the natural processes of time and change than of sudden violent activity from without: The house has fallen to ruins. Only in its figurative application is it apt to suggest the result of destruction from without: the ruin of her hopes. Havoc originally a cry that served as the signal for pillaging, has changed its reference from that of spoliation to devastation, being used particularly of the destruction following in the wake of natural calamities: the havoc wrought by flood and pestilence. Today it is used figuratively to refer to the destruction of hopes and plans: This sudden turn of events played havoc with her carefully laid designs. 4. fall, overthrow, defeat, wreck. 10. demolish, destroy, damage. See spoil.
Antonyms
4. construction, creation.
4. construction, creation.
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| half-ruined | |
| —adj | |
| badly damaged, decayed, or ruined | |
ruin (ˈruːɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | destroyed or decayed building or town |
| 2. | the state or condition of being destroyed or decayed |
| 3. | loss of wealth, position, etc, or something that causes such loss; downfall |
| 4. | something that is severely damaged: his life was a ruin |
| 5. | a person who has suffered a downfall, bankruptcy, etc |
| 6. | loss of value or usefulness |
| 7. | archaic loss of her virginity by a woman outside marriage |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to bring to ruin; destroy |
| 9. | (tr) to injure or spoil: the town has been ruined with tower blocks |
| 10. | archaic, poetic or (intr) to fall into ruins; collapse |
| [C14: from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna a falling down, from ruere to fall violently] | |
| 'ruinable | |
| —adj | |
| 'ruiner | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ruin
late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from O.Fr. ruine, from L. ruina "a collapse" (cf. Sp. ruina, It. rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," of unknown origin. Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. The verb is first recorded 1580s, from the noun;
financial sense is attested from 1660. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.
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