Thesaurus: ruinate

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1. v. t. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
2. v. t. To cause to fall; to cast down.
3. v. i. To fall; to tumble.
4. a. Involved in ruin; ruined.
5. 1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my fShak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton. 2. To cause to fall; to cast down. On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening itself on them to ruinate. Spenser. To fall; to tumble. [Obs.] Involved in ruin; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster.
6. To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
7. v. t. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. v. t. To cause to fall; to cast down. v. i. To fall; to tumble. a. Involved in ruin; ruined.