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From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“to fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).

countable, in plural, sometimes The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
uncountable The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. The monastery has fallen into ruin.
uncountable Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. Gambling has been the ruin of many.
countable, uncountable The act of ruining something.
abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of ruined orgasm
countable, obsolete, uncountable A fall or tumble. His ruin startled th’ other steeds.
countable, uncountable A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. the ruin of a ship or an army
uncountable Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

transitive To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable. He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins. By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
To make something less enjoyable or likeable. I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
obsolete To fall into a state of decay. Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
historical, transitive To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.