reduce+to+ruin
11ruin — noun 1》 physical destruction or collapse. 2》 the remains of a building that has suffered much damage. 3》 a dramatic decline; a downfall. verb 1》 damage irreparably; reduce to a state of ruin. ↘reduce to poverty or bankruptcy. 2》 literary fall …
12ruin — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ruine, from Anglo French, from Latin ruina, from ruere to rush headlong, fall, collapse Date: 12th century 1. a. archaic a falling down ; collapse < from age to age…the crash of ruin fitfully resounds William… …
13reduce — v. a. 1. Bring, restore. 2. Render, form, mould, make, shape, model, remodel, convert into, resolve into, change into, bring into, bring to. 3. Diminish, contract, lessen, abate, decrease, attenuate, contract, abridge, curtail, shorten, cut short …
14ruin — I. n. 1. Destruction, discomfiture, overthrow, defeat, wreck, perdition, fall, downfall, prostration, subversion, undoing, shipwreck. 2. Bane, pest, mischief, destruction, perdition. 3. Wreck. II. v. a. 1. Destroy, demolish, overthrow, subvert,… …
15reduce — v 1. decrease, diminish, retrench, subtract, subduct, lessen, shorten, contract, miniaturize; cut, cut into, cut down, cut back, cut short, Inf. make a dent in, abridge, abbreviate, Obs. breviate; narrow, shrink, compress, buff, dock, crop, clip …
16ruinate — v. a. 1. Ruin, destroy, demolish, subvert, reduce to ruin. 2. Reduce to poverty …
17defeat — [n1] overthrow, beating ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing*, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess,… …
18de|mol´ish|er — de|mol|ish «dih MOL ihsh», transitive verb. 1. to pull or tear down; reduce to ruin: »Shells and bombs demolished the fortress. The slums were demolished before the town was extended. SYNONYM(S): ruin, raze. See syn. under destroy. (Cf. ↑destroy) …
19de|mol|ish — «dih MOL ihsh», transitive verb. 1. to pull or tear down; reduce to ruin: »Shells and bombs demolished the fortress. The slums were demolished before the town was extended. SYNONYM(S): ruin, raze. See syn. under destroy. (Cf. ↑destroy) 2.… …
20downgrade — 1. noun A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. 2. verb a) To place lower in position. The stock was downgraded from buy to sell. b) To dumb down …
