Ruin and Trash

Ruin

Ruin verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a huge fire that ruined an entire city block

Trash is a synonym for ruin in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Trash" instead the word "Ruin" as a verb or a noun.

Trash

Trash verb - To deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property.
Usage example: someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance

Ruin is a synonym for trash in wreck topic. Sometimes you can use "Ruin" instead the word "Trash" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: trashed, trashy, trashing

How words are described

complete complete ruin complete trash
found found ruin found trash
alien alien ruin alien trash
utter utter ruin utter trash
Other adjectives: total, real, great, little, major, nearby, giant.

Common collocations

party ruin party trash party
reputation ruin reputation trash reputation
show ruin show trash show
game ruin game trash game

Both words in one sentence

  • Vendor Trash Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and especially Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia have more varied vendor trash, though they also have (non-repeatable) quests.
    Source: Vendor Trash
  • The classmates began to ruin her outdoor shoes, scribble in her books, steal her clothes during PE, and throw her things in the trash.
  • Dumpster Dive Since Logan had invited her to a family wedding, she was wearing a nice, and expensive, dress that she didn't want to ruin, so she took it off and rummaged through the trash naked.
    Source: Dumpster Dive
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