Ruinate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɹuːɪneɪt/

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

Full definition of ruinate

Verb

1. (transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate,
  In your auengement and dispiteous rage ...
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 51:... as in lust, animals covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
2. (intransitive) To fall; to tumble.

Anagrams

• taurine
• uranite
• urinate