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ruin

/ˈruːɪn/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈruːɪn/

ruin

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> ruin

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပျက်စီးစေ (n) ပျက်စီးခြင်း

Full entry

ruin /'ru:Çn/ v

၁။ ပျက်စီးစေသည်။ ဖျက်ဆီးသည်။ ပြိုပျက်စေ သည်။ The crops were ruined by the late frost. ❍ The island has been ruined by tourism. ❍ It poured with rain and my shoes got/were ruined. ❍ The mistake ruined his chances of ever becoming President.
၂။ ဆုံးရှုံးစေသည်။ ချွတ် ခြုံကျစေသည်။ If she loses the court case it will ruin her. ❍ a ruined man.
n
၁။ [U] ပျက်စီးခြင်း။ a city reduced to a state of ruin by war ❍ The house has fallen into ruin through years of neglect.
၂။ [U] (က) ပြုတ်ပြုတ်ပြုန်းခြင်း။ အတိဒုက္ခရောက်ခြင်း။ ပျက်ကိန်းဆိုက်ခြင်း။ face financial ruin ❍ The government's failure to act on this matter led ultimately to its ruin.
(ခ) ပျက်စီးရာပျက်စီးကြောင်း။ ပျက်ကိန်း။ Gambling was his ruin.
၃။ [C often pl ] အပြိုအပျက်။ the ruins of the castle ❍ the ancient ruins of Pompeii ❍ The abbey is now a ruin.
❏ in ruins [IDM ] ပြိုပျက်လျက်။ ဖြူခါပြာခါကျလျက်။ ပျက်စီးတိမ်းပါးလျက်။ An earthquake left the whole town in ruins. ❍ His career/reputation is/lies in ruins. ❍ Their economic policy is in ruins.
❏ ruination /ru:Ç'neÇʃn/ n [U] ပျက်စီးယိုယွင်းခြင်း။ the ruination of the countryside.
❏ ruined adj ပြိုလဲပျက်စီးလျက်ရှိသော။ a ruined church/city.
❏ ruinous /'ru:Çnǝs/ adj
၁။ မဆံ့အင်တန်ကြီးမားသော။ ruinous expenditure.
၂။ ဆိုး(ကျိုး)။ the ruinous effects of the strike.
၃။ (fml ) ပြိုပျက်လျက်ရှိသော။ ruinous castles.
❏ ruinously adv မွဲဆေးဖော်ရာကျလောက်အောင်ပင်။ a ruinously expensive court case.

More examples

You’ll completely ruin the flowers if you touch them.
Any kind of dishonest dealing will ruin his career.
She had ruined her mother’s chances of getting a job.
They didn’t want to be accused of ruining everyone’s fun.
It was a scandal that totally ruined the company.

Synonyms

damage, wreck, spoil, mess up, destroy, devastate, trash, reduce to rubble, impair, bring down, atrophy, bane, bankrupt, bankruptcy, bath, beggar, botch, break, breakdown, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, collapse, confusion, crackup, crash, crumbling, crush, death, debris, decay, decimate, decline, deface, defeat, defile, degeneracy, degeneration, demolish, demolition, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, destitution, destruction, deterioration, devastation, devour, dilapidate, dilapidation, disaster, disfigure, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, do in, downfall, downgrade, drain, exhaust, extinction, failure, fall, fleece, havoc, impoverish, injure, insolvency, lay waste, loss, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, nemesis, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, remains, ruination, sack, shambles, shatter, shell, skids, smash, spoilate, subversion, the end, total, undoing, use up, waste, waterloo, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreckage

Antonyms

accomplishment, achievement, adorn, advantage, aid, ascent, assist, attainment, beautify, blessing, build, building, construct, construction, create, creation, cure, decorate, develop, development, fix, grow, growth, heal, help, honor, improvement, lose, mend, ornament, praise, protect, regeneration, repair, rise, sanctify, strengthen, success, surrender, win

Cross references

damage wreck spoil mess up destroy devastate trash reduce to rubble impair bring down atrophy bane bankrupt bankruptcy bath beggar botch break breakdown bring to ruin bust clean out collapse confusion crackup crash crumbling crush

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