ruining

We have found lemma(root) word of ruining : ruin.

Definitions


[ˈruːɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed
(e.g: a large white house falling into gentle ruin)


Phrases:
- in ruins

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’


[ˈruːɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration
(e.g: the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers)

- fall headlong or with a crash
(e.g: carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time)


Phrases:
- in ruins

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’




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