Gentrify and Ruin

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Gentrify verb - Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations.

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Ruin is an antonym for gentrify in topics: renew, refurbish.

Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.

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Gentrify is an antonym for ruin.

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

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