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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Ruinate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty. [This word is ill formed and happily is become obsolete.]

Ruinate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Involved in ruin; ruined.

Ruinate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To fall; to tumble.

Ruinate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.

2. To cause to fall; to cast down.