RUIN (2)

ruin (2). Ruin, v. to destroy, demolish, spoil, run to ruin

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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.