Pet
Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.
Ruin
Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old pet | old ruin |
| specific | specific pet | specific ruin |
| alien | alien pet | alien ruin |
| powerful | powerful pet | powerful ruin |
| Other adjectives: real, big, little, personal, new, major, few, giant, magical. | ||
Common collocations
| chances | pet chances | ruin chances |
Both words in one sentence
- Then about 2 seasons later, some gay pet photographers ruin the iCarly studio (long story), and Officer Carl shows up again, and doesn't help them because of the events in the first episode.
Source: Hello Again, Officer -
The Lassie and Lad A Dog movies (as well as the Lassie TV show) spawned such a demand for collies that pet breeders nearly managed to ruin what had been a really good breed.
Source: The Red Stapler - He even planned to appear on it during it's first televised competition, just to ruin his father's pet project.
Source: Film / Bad Words
Cite this Source
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Pet & Ruin. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/ruin>.
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