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ruin

Divide ruin into syllables:

ruin

How to pronounce ruin:

Synonyms for ruin:

bankrupt
break
bring down
bring to nothing
bring to ruin
burn
burn down
bust
bust up
consume
crush
defeat
demolish
desolate
despoil
destroy
devastate
devour
do a job on
explode
get
harry
impoverish
jeff
kennet
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Antonyms for ruin:

accomplishment
achievement
building
construction
creation
development
erecting
erection
establishment
fixing
formation
foundation
generation
good condition
invention
keeping
manufacture
origination
preservation
production
raising
reconstruction
repair
rise
survival

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