US /ˈɹuːɪneɪt/ UK /ˈɹuːɪneɪt/
verb Freq #992061

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To reduce to ruins; to destroy.

    Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].

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Forms ruinating

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

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