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Meaning of ruinate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/ˈɹuːɪneɪt/

Definitions

To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
archaic, transitive
To fall; to tumble.
intransitive

Examples

“Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].”

“[…] as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

ruinated ruinates ruinating ruined ruinest ruineth