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Wreak destruction, in Dixie
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ruinate
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive now rare English) To reduce to ruins; to destroy. 2 (context intransitive English) To fall; to tumble.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin .] To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my f?ther's house. --Shak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. --Burton. ...
Usage examples of ruinate.
I wyll the as holdynge the place of My generalle ther, that thow enter forcybly ynto the sayd cuntrie and doe with al dilygence spoyl ravysche and depopulate that lande, enslavying oppressyng and puttyng to the dethe as thow shalt thynke moost servychable al them that shal fall ynto thy powre, and in pertyculer pullyng downe and ruinating all thayr stronge houlds or castels, as Galinge, Dreppabie, Crothryng, Owleswyke, and othere.
I wyll the, as holdynge the place of My generalle ther, that thow enter forcybly ynto the sayd cuntrie and doe with al dilygence spoyl ravysche and depopulate that lande, enslavying oppressyng and puttyng to the dethe as thow shalt thynke moost servychable al them that shal fall ynto thy powre, and in pertyculer pullyng downe and ruinating all thayr stronge houlds or castels, as Galinge, Dreppabie, Crothryng, Owleswyke, and othere.
You are the fellow that ruinated my little shop," screamed the fussy man with the goatee.
Massa Miles call mah gran’pappy in an’ say, ‘Bob, yo’all is free an’ I’se a ruinated man.
Massa Miles call mah gran'pappy in an' say, 'Bob, yo'all is free an' I'se a ruinated man.