RUIN


Meaning of RUIN in English

( n. )

Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary.      Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster.