Question

Words in Use
A. Find single words from the text which mean the same as these.
1. grushed noisily, (para 3) Crench
2. the small amount or parts that remain of something when most of it has
been destroyed (para 3)
3. walking while taking long, firm steps (para 8)
4. said something in a quiet voice such that the words weren't clear
(para 13)
5. frightening in appearance (para 19)​

Answer 1

1to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts

after he was ruined by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the industrialist was forced to sell his mansion and start all over again

Synonyms for ruin

bankrupt, 

break, 

bust

Words Related to ruin

beggar, 

impoverish, 

pauperize

reduce, 

straiten

clean (out), 

wipe out

Near Antonyms for ruin

enrich, 

richen

2to bring destruction to (something) through violent action

tornadoes ruined a wide swath of the county

Synonyms for ruin

destroy, 

devastate, 

ravage, 

scourge

Words Related to ruin

despoil, 

foray, 

harry, 

loot, 

maraud, 

pillage, 

plunder, 

sack, 

strip

annihilate, 

desolate, 

eradicate, 

expunge, 

extinguish, 

extirpate, 

nuke, 

obliterate, 

rub out, 

shatter, 

smash, 

total, 

vaporize, 

waste, 

wipe out, 

wrack, 

wreck

decimate, 

mow

demolish, 

raze

crush, 

overpower, 

overrun, 

overthrow, 

overwhelm

Near Antonyms for ruin

recondition, 

recover, 

redeem, 

rehabilitate, 

restore

fix, 

mend, 

patch, 

repair, 

revamp

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