Definition

Noun: 1. A person who destroys, ruins, or lays waste to something: A ruiner is someone or something that causes complete destruction, failure, or downfall. It often implies causing irreversible damage or bringing something to an end. 2. A cause of destruction or downfall: The term can also refer to a non-human force, circumstance, or quality that leads to ruin.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The invading army was the ruiner of the ancient city.
  • He was known as the ruiner of parties because of his constant negativity.
  • In the story, greed was the protagonist's ultimate ruiner.

Advanced Usage

• "His own ruiner": A common construction where a person's own actions or character flaws lead to their downfall.
  • With his reckless spending, he became his own ruiner.

Variants and Related Words

• Ruin (verb/noun): To destroy or the state of being destroyed.
  • The storm will ruin the crops. (verb)
  • The castle fell into ruin. (noun)
• Ruinous (adjective): Causing or likely to cause ruin.
  • The war had a ruinous effect on the economy.

Synonyms

• Destroyer: One that destroys.
• Wrecker: One that wrecks or ruins.
• Undoer: One that causes the downfall or ruin of someone or something.
• Despoiler: One who strips of possessions and destroys.

Related Phrases

• Agent of ruin: A formal or literary way to describe a ruiner.
  • The plague was an agent of ruin for the medieval village.

Noun

1. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
   • a destroyer of the environment
   • jealousy was his undoer
   • uprooters of gravestones