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ruin
/ˈruːɪn/ verb [T] Definition
SPOIL
› to spoil or destroy something:
[often passive] They were late and the dinner was ruined.
It's ruining his health living in that damp house.
LOSING
› to cause someone to lose all their money or their job:
If the newspapers get hold of this story they'll ruin him.
(Definition of ruin verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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