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Meanings of ruined in English

Doomed to extinction.

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Destroyed physically or morally.

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Examples for "destroyed"
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Those who returned home found water sources, health clinics and farms destroyed.
The Guardian
2
Mrs Turei said public trust in the police has been completely destroyed.
Radio NZ
3
She said if New Zealanders' information was collected it must be destroyed.
Radio NZ
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Affected countries are still struggling to house those whose homes were destroyed.
The South African
5
There are no victims, but several buildings were partly destroyed, Khizanishvili said.
Reuters

Brought to ruin.

Usage of ruined in English
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Any new political crises could delay efforts to rebuild Zimbabwe's ruined economy.
Reuters
2
These new days of growing peace ruined that, required more careful hunting.
Ink Exchange
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Israel paused a moment, and looked into one of the ruined houses.
The Scapegoat
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Sucking at his pipe; the Sergeant glowered moodily down the ruined street.
Bruce
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Someone ruined a very good point with a badly made final stroke.
The Plains of Passage
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Only the deity of the ruined temple remains unworshipped in deathless neglect.
Gitanjali
7
We need not both be ruined in the eyes of the community.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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The last bit ruined most of the purpose Doc had in mind.
Badge of Infamy
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She was back again in the long passage of the ruined summer-house.
Chatterbox, 1906
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In the mean while, however, the children of the victims were ruined.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
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Still more astonishing appeared the changes in the so lately ruined courtyard.
Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
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France has suffered in her ravaged fields and in her ruined villages.
What Peace Means
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The war which was ravaging Vervignole also ruined the Church in Trinqueballe.
The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas / 1920
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He was ruined by the closing of the Exchequer by Charles II.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 06: June/July 1660
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The war with England ruined the navy and the commerce of Spain.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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A group of young men watched me from inside a ruined house.
The forever war
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