Ruin and Set

Opposite meaning words

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

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Set is an antonym for ruin.

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

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Ruin is an antonym for set in decide upon topic.

Nearby Words: setup, setting

old	old ruin	old set
particular	particular ruin	particular set
specific	specific ruin	specific set
short	short ruin	short set
Other adjectives: complete, certain, current, empty, powerful, massive, big, great, new, giant.

mood	ruin mood	set mood
name	ruin name	set name
scene	ruin scene	set scene
plan	ruin plan	set plan
Other words: world, game, story, plans.

The show's producers made a point of keeping the set hidden from the studio audience until the last possible moment while filming the episode, so as not to ruin the impact of The Reveal.

Source: Rebuilt Set
The reason he took him in was to set up a Evil Plan to ruin Edgeworth's life by making him believe he murdered his own father instead of Von Karma.

Source: Fanon / Video Games
Deconstruction: Lee loves to set a joke up or a particular set or style, completely ruin it, then spend the next 20 minutes explaining in detail every aspect of the joke and why it is funny.

Source: Creator / Stewart Lee

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