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Ruining

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Destruction 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Devastation 76% connected

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

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Ruin 74% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ruin 74% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ruin 92% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ruination 92% connected

The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wrecking 92% connected

of Wreck

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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Contract noun · 78% connection

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Act of God noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Force majeure noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Illegality noun · 78% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Inevitable accident noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Recission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Rescission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Unavoidable casualty noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Vis major noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Adultery noun · 78% connection

Injury; degradation; ruin.

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Bane noun · 78% connection

Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.

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Bankrupt verb · 78% connection

To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

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Blast verb · 78% connection

Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with…

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Blight verb · 78% connection

Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.

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Break verb · 78% connection

To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.

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Brike noun · 78% connection

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

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Buoy verb · 78% connection

To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

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Confound verb · 78% connection

To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

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Confusion noun · 78% connection

Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

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Conservative noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.

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Crash noun · 78% connection

Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

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Crumble verb · 78% connection

To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.

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Crush noun · 78% connection

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

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Dash verb · 78% connection

To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.

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Defeat verb · 78% connection

To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

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Demolish verb · 78% connection

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

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Desolate verb · 78% connection

To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

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