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  • 41Ruin (album) — infobox Album | Name = Ruin Type = Album Artist = Architects Released = June 2007 Recorded = March April 2007 at Outhouse studios, Reading Genre = Metalcore Mathcore Progressive metal Length = 39:18 Label = United By Fate Distort Entertainment… …

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  • 42Ruin Explorers — Эту статью следует викифицировать. Пожалуйста, оформите её согласно правилам оформления статей …

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  • 43ruin — 1. noun /ˈɹuːɪn,ɹʊɪ̪n/ a) construction withered by time. The monastery has fallen into ruin. b) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. Gambling has been the ruin to many. 2 …

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  • 44Ruin — Ru·i̲n der; s; nur Sg; 1 der Zustand, in dem jemand sein Geld, seine Position, sein Ansehen usw verloren hat <jemandes finanzieller, wirtschaftlicher Ruin; kurz vor dem Ruin stehen; etwas führt zu jemandes Ruin> 2 jemandes Ruin sein die… …

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  • 45ruin — /ˈruən / (say roohuhn) noun 1. (plural) the remains of a fallen building, town, etc., or of anything in a state of destruction or decay: the ruins of an ancient city. 2. a ruined building, town, etc. 3. fallen and wrecked or decayed state;… …

  • 46Ruin, The — (10th century)    The Ruin, a brief OLD ENGLISH poem found in the 10th century collection known as the EXETER BOOK, is an unusual poem in the Old English canon: Rather than presenting a dramatic situation or a focus on the narrator’s condition,… …

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  • 47ruin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destruction, downfall, perdition; wreck, remains, relic. See failure, remainder. v. t. wreck, raze, demolish; impoverish, seduce, etc. See impurity, poverty. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of… …

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  • 48ruin — {{11}}ruin (n.) 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 …

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  • 49ruin — 1. noun 1) the buildings were saved from ruin Syn: disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, ruination; destruction, demolition, wreckage Ant: preservation, reconstruction 2) (ruins) …

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  • 50ruin — 1. noun 1) the buildings were saved from ruin Syn: disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, destruction, demolition 2) the ruins of a church Syn: remains, remnants, fragments, rubble …

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