- Ruin - The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of
inhabitants; depopulation. - The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin;
solitariness; destitution; gloominess. - A place or country wasted and forsaken.
- Destruction - The act of devastating, or the state of being
devastated; a laying waste. - Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or
administrator.