Crossword clues for ruinate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin.]
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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.
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To cause to fall; to cast down.
On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening itself on them to ruinate.
--Spenser.
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. i. To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, a. [L. ruinatus, p. p.] Involved in ruin; ruined.
My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,
I in a mansion here all ruinate.
--J. Webster.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive now rare English) To reduce to ruins; to destroy. 2 (context intransitive English) To fall; to tumble.
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.