Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To fall; to tumble.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To reduce to ruins; to destroy.

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

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Forms

ruinates, ruinating, ruinated, ruinated
Base formruinate · to ruinate
3rd person singularruinates
Present participleruinating
Past simpleruinated
Past participleruinated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyruinate
he, she, itruinates

Past simpleLesson

all personsruinated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ruinated
he, she, ithas ruinated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ruinate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rugbyA2ruinB1ruleA1rulerA1
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