Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Ruin
Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.
Common collocations
| experience | except experience | ruin experience |
| characters | except characters | ruin characters |
Both words in one sentence
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Essentially all of the minions of Smithy in Super Mario RPG are this - except they're also sentient beings that want to ruin the world.
Source: Evil Weapon - Except she wouldn't, since it was Ill refusing to take responsibility for impregnating her that set her on the road to her vast wealth...which she used to ruin Guellen.
Source: Theatre / The Visit -
Both versions of the game were the same, except the cracked version has virtual pirates ruin the player's company financially after playing for a while.
Source: Copy Protection
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