clean up vs ruin

clean up

verb
  • To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. 

  • To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. 

  • To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner. 

  • To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such. 

ruin

verb
  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

noun
  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • The act of ruining something. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

How often have the words clean up and ruin occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )