Form
Form verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Usage example: formed the pot out of the clay
Ruin
Ruin verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a huge fire that ruined an entire city block
How words are described
| old | old form | old ruin |
| physical | physical form | physical ruin |
| particular | particular form | particular ruin |
| specific | specific form | specific ruin |
| Other adjectives: short, complete, alien, current, powerful, real, bad, ultimate, new, giant, magical. | ||
Common collocations
| friendship | form friendship | ruin friendship |
| party | form party | ruin party |
| image | form image | ruin image |
| body | form body | ruin body |
| Other words: family, relationship, face, plan, world, story, relationships, friendships. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In many cases, the nonhuman being will appear in the form of something, usually a humanlike form, that the human can wrap his head around, because not doing so might ruin the point of the entity talking to the humans in the first place.
Source: A Form You Are Comfortable With - Namorita's metamorphosis into Kymera (much less human looking form, resulting from her ancient Atlantean DNA) didn't ruin this relationship.
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The first form of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin's final boss is Dracula and Death instead of just Dracula as is fairly traditional for the series.
Source: Dual Boss
Cite this Source
Ruin and Form. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/form/ruin
Form & Ruin. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/form/ruin>.
Ruin or Form. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/form/ruin.
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