ruiner

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ruiner

noun ruiners

  1. Someone who ruins. There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped.

    Similar: destroyer, wrecker

Opposite: founder, builder, constructor, producer

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Opposite: founder, builder, constructor, producer

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@misc{ruiner_2026,
  title = {ruiner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ruiner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}