The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow; subversion;
defeat; bane; pest; mischief.
Ru"in, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Ruining.] [Cf. F.
ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.] To bring to ruin; to cause to fall
to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to
bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage
essentially; to overthrow.
this mortal house I'll ruin.
Shak.
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes.
Milton.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
Franklin.
By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in
the ashes.
Longfellow.
Ru"in, v. i. To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or
dilapidated; to perish. [R.]
Though he his house of polished marble build, Yet shall it ruin
like the moth's frail cell.
Sandys.
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we
shall ruin the faster.
Locke.
Ru"in*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being ruined.
Ru"in*ate (?), v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to ruin. See
Ruin.] 1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to
ruin.