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  • 41ruin — 01. A sudden rainstorm [ruined] our picnic. 02. All our photographs were [ruined] when my little boy accidentally opened my camera. 03. Clarence Darrow once joked that the first half of our life is [ruined] by our parents, and the second half by… …

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  • 42ruin — {{#}}{{LM R34675}}{{〓}} {{SynR35536}} {{[}}ruin{{]}} ‹ruin› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Vil, despreciable o con malas intenciones. {{<}}2{{>}} Avaro y reacio a gastar dinero. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} De ruina. {{#}}{{LM SynR35536}}{{〓}}… …

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  • 43ruin — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ruine, from Anglo French, from Latin ruina, from ruere to rush headlong, fall, collapse Date: 12th century 1. a. archaic a falling down ; collapse < from age to age…the crash of ruin fitfully resounds William&#8230; …

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  • 44Ruin — 1. Ende, GAU, Unglück, Untergang, Verhängnis, Zusammenbruch; (geh.): Abgrund, Verderben; (bildungsspr.): Armageddon, Waterloo; (salopp): Pleite; (ugs. emotional verstärkend): Super GAU; (geh. veraltend): Verderb. 2. Bankrott, Konkurs,&#8230; …

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  • 45ruin — n 1. devastation, desolation, ravagement, havoc, destruction; dilapidation, ruination, wreck, wreckage, wrack, wrack and ruin; disruption, upheaval; crash, collision, crack up. 2. overthrow, overturn, subversion, suppression, subdual, conquest;&#8230; …

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  • 46ruin — [ˈruːɪn] verb [T] I 1) to spoil or destroy something She had ruined her mother s chances of getting a job.[/ex] 2) to make someone lose all their money or power The scandal that totally ruined him.[/ex] II noun ruin [ˈruːɪn] 1) ruins [plural] the …

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  • 47Ruin — der Ruin (Mittelstufe) Zusammenbruch, Verlust des ganzen Vermögens Beispiel: Die Finanzkrise brachte ihn an den Rand des Ruins. Kollokation: jmdn. in den Ruin treiben …

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  • 48Ruin — Ru|in 〈m.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.〉 Zusammenbruch, Untergang, Verfall, völliger Verlust des Vermögens; wirtschaftlicher Ruin [Etym.: → Ruine] …

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  • 49ruin — • fördärv, undergång, förstörelse, ruin, fall, förfall, ruttenhet, degeneration …

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  • 50ruin — noun 1》 physical destruction or collapse. 2》 the remains of a building that has suffered much damage. 3》 a dramatic decline; a downfall. verb 1》 damage irreparably; reduce to a state of ruin.     ↘reduce to poverty or bankruptcy. 2》 literary fall …

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