Prostitute
Prostitute verb - To lower in character, dignity, or quality.
Usage example: a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money
Ruin and prostitute are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruin" instead a verb "Prostitute".
Ruin
Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.
Prostitute and ruin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prostitute" instead a verb "Ruin".
How words are described
| old | old prostitute | old ruin |
| alien | alien prostitute | alien ruin |
| real | real prostitute | real ruin |
| new | new prostitute | new ruin |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Dolly Parton's version of "The House of the Rising Sun" is about a prostitute and the titular brothel that's "been the ruin of many a good girl".
Source: Bad Girl Song - She reduces him to tears by revealing that she knows he was her biological father and that her mother was a prostitute (with the implication that she could ruin him by making that information public).
Source: Not Afraid of You Anymore - Even Evil Has Standards: Miriam Helen asks notorious robber Misha Barkhasid to help her against Woldarski, the man she eloped with who threatened to ruin her face with acid if she doesnt work as a prostitute for him.
Source: Literature / Summer Celebration
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