Associations to the word «Ruined»

Wiktionary

RUINED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of ruin
RUINED, adjective. (slang) incapacitated by drugs or alcohol

Dictionary definition

RUINED, adjective. Destroyed physically or morally.
RUINED, adjective. Doomed to extinction.
RUINED, adjective. Brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically".

Wise words

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