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ruinate
/ˈɹuːɪneɪt/
verb 2adj 1
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2RUINATE + NOUN
auengement
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in
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verb
1
To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].
[…] as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
2
To fall; to tumble.
adj
1
Falling into ruin; decrepit.
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Towres, Cities, Kingdomes ye would ruinate, / In your auengement and dispiteous rage […].
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[…] as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
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