Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. · The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. · Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. · The act of ruining something.
To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. · To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable. · To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins. · To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“to fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).
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