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Adjective: ruinate
Usage: rare
  1. Ruined or in a state of ruin
    "ruinate buildings"
Verb: ruinate
Usage: archaic
  1. To ruin completely; to demolish or destroy
    "The economic crisis ruinated many small businesses"
     
  2. To reduce to poverty or a state of ruin
    "The gambling addiction ruinated his once-prosperous family"

Derived forms: ruinated, ruinates, ruinating