ruinate

verb /ˈɹuːɪneɪt/

1. To reduce to ruins; to destroy.

   archaic, transitive

   Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].

2. To fall; to tumble.

   intransitive

Where it comes from

From the participle stem of Latin ruino.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ruinate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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