• 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.
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