ruinieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• bane noun A person or thing that causes constant trouble or ruin.
• blight noun A plant disease, often caused by fungus, that causes rapid browning and death of leaves or stems.
• ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
• scupper noun A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
• soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
• spill verb To let liquid or loose material fall out of a container by accident.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

ruinieren is used for these senses in English:

• bane (figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
• banjax (UK, originally, Irish, slang) To ruin or destroy.
• blight (figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
• do in (transitive, colloquial) To damage or injure.
• ruin (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
• ruin To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
• screw up (transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
• scupper (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

blight — full definition

1. noun A plant disease, often caused by fungus, that causes rapid browning and death of leaves or stems.
2. noun Something that damages or holds back growth, development, or quality of life.
3. verb To damage or spoil the growth or development of something.

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