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(n)
The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
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(v)
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
The act by which something is wrecked.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
destruction achieved by wrecking something
(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.
Widespread devastation and destruction.
Harsh damage.
(intransitive) To self-destruct.
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
The act of destroying.
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
(literally) To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
The act by which something is broken.
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
(chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
(plural only) Ragged clothing or fabric, paper, etc.
(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
The act of loosening or unfastening
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
(transitive) To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
To reverse the effects of an action.
A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
The remains of something; a wreck.
(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
(adj)
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
(usually with the) A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.
(countable) Death; decease.
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
American, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
The total destruction of something.
Hell.
A process by which anything disintegrates.
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
The process of spoiling.
Dissolving, or going into solution.
(chiefly Commonwealth) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
Dated spelling of debris.
(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
(uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
very old, torn clothes
(by extension) Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles.
(mining) The ruins of the fallen roof in a coal mine, resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
A device (trap) used to catch rats.
Dirt; filth.
Waste matter or dross.
Fabric made from putting together rags (old cloth)
(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.