Construction and Ruin

Construction

Construction noun - Something put together by arranging or connecting an array of parts.

Ruin is an antonym for construction in topics: creation, explanation.

Ruin

Ruin noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.
Usage example: a vicious bombardment that left the building in ruins

Construction is an antonym for ruin in situation of devastation topic.

How words are described

physical physical construction physical ruin
complete complete construction complete ruin
real real construction real ruin
little little construction little ruin
Other adjectives: bad, social, new, major, giant.

Both words in one sentence

  • Also, one Monster of the Week, while the Orgs were trying to convince Animus that humans weren't worth protecting because they ruin the Earth, attacks a construction site.
  • Series / Switched at Birth Then Bay confesses to vandalizing the construction site so that Daphne won't go to jail and ruin her chances of going to medical school, although this means Bay can't move to LA with Emmett.
  • Inexplicable Treasure Chests In Mega Man Legends the ruin systems Volnutt and The Bonnes dig in are loaded with uniform chests housing anything from keys, to refractor shards, to buster upgrades, to junk, to fairly common construction material.
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