(rare) Synonym of gap creationism

Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous / Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin. / Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction. / The act of ruining or wrecking. / The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost. / A loss of reputation.

in a way that will cause ruin

present participle of rue

plural of ruination

Someone who ruins.

(transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy. / (intransitive) To fall; to tumble.

Falling into ruin; decrepit.

simple past tense and past participle of ruinate