Ruin and Want

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Ruin noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

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Want and ruin are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead the word "Ruin" as a noun or a verb.

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

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Ruin and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ruin" instead the word "Want" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

old	old ruin	old want
complete	complete ruin	complete want
total	total ruin	total want
powerful	powerful ruin	powerful want
Other adjectives: real, big, great, little, bad, absolute, hopeless, personal, new, definitive, mysterious.

character	ruin character	want character
life	ruin life	want life
body	ruin body	want body
name	ruin name	want name
Other words: relationship, someone, chance, characters, world, game, story, food, ending, song.

Crowley from Good Omens is a demon who rather likes the world and doesn't want the apocalypse to come and ruin everything.

Source: Evil Versus Oblivion
Renee from Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis refuses to help Tony fight Flay at the beginning of the game because she just had her nails done, and she doesn't want to ruin them.

Source: I Broke a Nail
Also, in another episode, she tells Nikki that she also doesn't want to dissect frogs — but that, instead of sharing Nikki's concern for the welfare of animals, she just doesn't want to ruin her nails.

Source: I Broke a Nail

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