Ruination: alternatives and connections

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the w…

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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of Ruin

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of Wreck

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