ruin vs slick

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. 

slick

verb
  • To make slick. 

noun
  • A tool used to make something smooth or even. 

  • A helicopter. 

  • A wide paring chisel used in joinery. 

  • A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device. 

  • In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat. 

  • Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. 

  • A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. 

  • A covering of liquid, particularly oil. 

adj
  • Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. 

  • Sleek; smooth. 

  • Extraordinarily great or special. 

  • Appearing expensive or sophisticated. 

  • Clever, making an apparently hard task easy. 

  • Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. 

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