Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Ruined and old are semantically related. in tumbledown topic. In some cases you can use "Ruined" instead an adjective "Old".
Ruined
Ruined adjective - Facing certain defeat, disaster, or death.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Defiant, the old man doesn't take shelter but instead climbs a ruined fountain with his cello and begins to play Mozart with mortar shells shrieking and explosions rocking the city.
Source: Music / Dead Winter Dead - One episode of Babylon 5 opened with an old political enemy of G'Kar's (That he had apparently ruined some time before) sending him a message informing him that not only is he dying, by the time the message arrives he will already be dead.
Source: You See, I'm Dying - Jake Lloyd, the young 9-year-old Anakin's actor, hated the role so much he felt George Lucas ruined his acting career.
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