different between ruin vs kill
ruin
English
Etymology
From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ru?na (“overthrow, ruin”), from ru? (“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??u?.?n/
- Rhymes: -u??n
Noun
ruin (countable and uncountable, plural ruins)
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
- a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, sermon
- The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age
- The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He […] played a lone hand, […]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age
- (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- 1768, Thomas Gray, The Bard
- Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!
- 1768, Thomas Gray, The Bard
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
Translations
Verb
ruin (third-person singular simple present ruins, present participle ruining, simple past and past participle ruined or (dialectal, nonstandard) ruint)
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of.
- With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
- 1857, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Mile-Stone
- By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
- To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.
- 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalmes and upon the Hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
- Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
- 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalmes and upon the Hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.
Synonyms
- destroy
- fordo
- ruinate
- wreck
- See also Thesaurus:spoil
Antonyms
- build
- construct
- found
- produce
Related terms
- ruination
- ruinable
- ruiner
- ruinous
- ruint
Translations
Further reading
- ruin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ruin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ruin at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Irun
Asturian
Adjective
ruin m sg (feminine singular ruina, neuter singular ruino, masculine plural ruinos, feminine plural ruines)
- weedy
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ruun. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rœy?n/
- Hyphenation: ruin
- Rhymes: -œy?n
Noun
ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)
- gelding
See also
- hengst
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin ruina
Noun
ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruiner, definite plural ruinene)
- ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)
References
- “ruin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin ruina
Noun
ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruinar, definite plural ruinane)
- ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)
References
- “ruin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From an earlier *ruino, from ruina, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ru?nus, ultimately from Latin ru?na. Compare Portuguese ruim, Catalan roí.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rwin/, [?rw?n]
Adjective
ruin (plural ruines)
- contemptible, mean, heartless
- Synonyms: vil, despreciable
- mean, stingy
- Synonyms: avaro, mezquino, tacaño, usurero, agarrado, cicatero
- wild; unruly
- Synonyms: salvaje, agresto
- rachitic
- Synonym: raquítico
Swedish
Noun
ruin c
- a ruin (remains of a building)
- ruin (financial bankruptcy)
Declension
Related terms
- ruinera
Anagrams
- urin
Tetum
Noun
ruin
- bone
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kill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English killen, kyllen, cüllen (“to strike, beat, cut”), of obscure origin.
- Perhaps from Old English *cyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwulljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwuljan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elH- (“to throw, hit, hurt by throwing”).
- Or, possibly a variant of Old English cwellan (“to kill, murder, execute”) (see quell)
- Or, from Old Norse kolla (“to hit on the head, harm”), related to Norwegian kylla (“to poll”), Middle Dutch kollen (“to knock down”), Icelandic kollur (“top, head”); see also coll, cole).
Compare also Middle Dutch killen, kellen (“to kill”), Middle Low German killen (“to ache strongly, cause one great pain”), Middle High German kellen (“to torment; torture”).
Verb
kill (third-person singular simple present kills, present participle killing, simple past and past participle killed)
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- 1978, John Farris, The Fury
- Peter: Ask Childers if it was worth his arm.
- Policeman: What did you do to his arm, Peter?
- Peter: I killed it, with a machine gun.
- 1978, John Farris, The Fury
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (intransitive, informal, hyperbolic) To produce intense pain.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
Synonyms
- (to put to death): assassinate, bump off, dispatch, ice, knock off, liquidate, murder, rub out, slaughter, slay, top, whack
- (to use up or waste): fritter away, while away
- (to render inoperative): break, deactivate, disable, turn off
- (to exert an overwhelming effect on): annihilate (informal)
- See also Thesaurus:kill
Hyponyms
- instakill
- instant kill
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
kill (plural kills)
- The act of killing.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- If ye plunder his kill' from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- 2011, the 34th Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame, in Catawba College's Campus Magazine, Spring/Summer 2011, page 21:
- As a senior in 1993, Turner had a kill percentage of 40.8, which was a school record at the time and the best in the SAC. Turner concluded her volleyball career with 1,349 kills, ranking fifth all-time at Catawba.
- 2011, the 34th Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame, in Catawba College's Campus Magazine, Spring/Summer 2011, page 21:
Derived terms
- in for the kill
- thrill kill
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.
Noun
kill (plural kills)
- (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
kill (plural kills)
- A kiln.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
Cahuilla
Adverb
kíll
- Not
German
Pronunciation
Verb
kill
- singular imperative of killen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of killen
Livonian
Etymology 1
Related to Finnish kylvää.
Alternative forms
- (Courland) killõ
Verb
kill
- sow
Etymology 2
Related to Estonian kõlama.
Alternative forms
- (Courland) ki'llõ
Verb
kill
- ring
- make noise
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kil/
- Rhymes: -il
Etymology 1
From Old High German kuoli, from Proto-West Germanic *k?l(?), from Proto-Germanic *k?laz. Cognate with German kühl, English cool, Dutch koel, Low German kool.
Adjective
kill (masculine killen, neuter killt, comparative méi kill, superlative am killsten)
- cool
Declension
Related terms
- kal
Etymology 2
Verb
kill
- second-person singular imperative of killen
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *kielë.
Noun
kill
- language
Derived terms
- samekill
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kið
Noun
kill f
- female kid (young goat)
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