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['ru:in] 1. noun1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) razvalina2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) poguba3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) polom2. verb1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) uničiti2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) razvajati•- ruined
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- in ruins* * *I [rúin]nounrazvalina, kup ruševin, ruševina, podrtija; razpad, propad(anje), razsulo, rušenje, uniče(va)nje, ugonabljanje; zlom, poguba; onečaščenje; trpljenje; figuratively onemogočenje, izjalovitev, spodlet, vzrok propada; plural razvaline, ruševine, ostankiin ruins — v ruševinah, podrt, razrušento be the ruin of s.o. — uničiti kogahe is but a ruin of his former self (what he was) — on je le senca tega, kar je bilto bring to ruin — povzročiti propad (uničenje, pogubo), privesti do propadato go (to run) to ruin — razpasti; konec vzetito lay in ruins — spremeniti v ruševine, v razvalineII [rúin]transitive verbporušiti, spremeniti v ruševine, razdejati, podreti, uničiti, opustošiti; pokvariti; onemogočiti, preprečiti, spodnesti; povzročiti propad, ruinirati, uničiti, pogubiti (koga); zapeljati (dekle)to ruin s.o.'s reputation — spraviti koga ob (uničiti komu) dober glas; intransitive verb propasti; biti uničen (ruiniran); poetically zrušiti se
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