Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Ruin
Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.
How words are described
| specific | specific aid | specific ruin |
| powerful | powerful aid | powerful ruin |
| real | real aid | real ruin |
| massive | massive aid | massive ruin |
| Other adjectives: great, little, ultimate, greater, financial, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Such as turning Gardevoir in to a vampire to ruin Oblivion's Shadow's plans or sending his High Priestess to aid them.
Source: Fan Fic / Brave New World -
In Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, the witch protagonist Charlotte learns how to cast a Toad Morph on herself and Jonathan to aid their progress.
Source: Bewitched Amphibians -
First, he goes behind his father's back to aid the Frost Giants in order to "ruin his brother's big day"- indirectly resulting in the death of two innocent guards and Thor's banishment, which Loki didn't want based on his fuller arc in the deleted scenes, but he nevertheless uses to his advantage.
Source: Film / Thor
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