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ru⋅in⋅a⋅tion

  [roo-uh-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
2. something that ruins.
Origin:
1655–65; ruinate + -ion
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ru·in·a·tion   (rōō'ə-nā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of ruining or the condition of being ruined.
  2. A cause of ruin.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Ruination

Ru`in*a"tion\, n. [LL. ruinatio.] The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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