Fix
Fix verb - To put into good shape or working order again.
Usage example: have to fix the car before we can go
Ruin
Ruin verb - To bring destruction to (something) through violent action.
Usage example: tornadoes ruined a wide swath of the county
How words are described
| particular | particular fix | particular ruin |
| short | short fix | short ruin |
| current | current fix | current ruin |
| real | real fix | real ruin |
| Other adjectives: little, bad, new, major, few, bloody, eventual. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Saving Christmas: When, Huey, Dewey and Louie accidentally ruin the gifts at Santa's workshop, they try to fix the problems they've caused.
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N gives a big one to some people to fix the brackets and ruin Uncle Sensei's career, and later Baz is given one by Don Luo when he's hired to track down Mr. N.
Source: Video Game / Divekick -
Unfortunately, as it's Dark Maker technology, "fix" here means "ruin and make completely uninhabitable to current life".
Source: Terraform
Cite this Source
Ruin and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/ruin
Fix & Ruin. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/ruin>.
Ruin or Fix. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/ruin.
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